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The ordinance laid out research and data surrounding excessive sugar and sodium intake and related disease disparities, including elevated risk of tooth decay, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
"The adverse health effects of added sugar consumption further entrench health disparities, burdening people of color more than white populations," the ordinance stated. "Currently, Type 2 diabetes is on the rise across the country; one in three children and one of two children of color will be diagnosed in their lifetime."
Porn at the check out aisles? How about cigarettes and alcohol
Good luck. These things are usually struck down by the courts as unconstitutional.Many Americans can relate to the tempting, passing glances at the colorful assortment of confections while waiting in line at the grocery store. But one city in Northern California is making a move to help people resist the unhealthy urges at checkout in favor of healthier options.
The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a Healthy Checkout Ordinance at its meeting on Tuesday that will be reviewed next month.
Berkeley set to become 1st US city to ban junk food in grocery store checkout aisles
The Berkeley City Council approved a measure to remove candy from the checkout lanes at grocery stores.abcnews.go.com
If you have kids, you know what a hassle it is to get to the checkout and have all those sweets and chips within arms reach.
Berkeley is a left wing town. Do you support this kind of regulation?
yes they are. This is unconstitutional just like bloombergs failed soda ban. just like the failed salt ban etc ...No one's rights are being infringed upon. You can still buy the candy. Just in a different place in the store. Just like booze in a grocery store, depending on the laws in your state and local governments. Besides, candy is a luxury.
If you are REALLY concerned, let me tell me where the grocery stores are most likely going to put it: on the end cap of each aisle that faces checkout and they will move it depending upon which checkout POS systems do the most transactions and in front of the self-checkout.
I suppose we could get the Proud Boys to intimidate grocery stores who comply, or...gasp...you can protest stores that stop selling candy period! ALL IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sarcasm on that last part, for those who unfortunately think I am serious, and sadly they exist here)
It is an unconstitutional ban and should be struck down.who cares. It is a do nothing ban.
No one's rights are being infringed upon. You can still buy the candy. Just in a different place in the store. Just like booze in a grocery store, depending on the laws in your state and local governments. Besides, candy is a luxury.
If you are REALLY concerned, let me tell me where the grocery stores are most likely going to put it: on the end cap of each aisle that faces checkout and they will move it depending upon which checkout POS systems do the most transactions and in front of the self-checkout.
I suppose we could get the Proud Boys to intimidate grocery stores who comply, or...gasp...you can protest stores that stop selling candy period! ALL IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sarcasm on that last part, for those who unfortunately think I am serious, and sadly they exist here)
You're up there in years, right? You must of had a flip out session and nearly died back in 1970 when congress banned airing cigarette ads on TV. Damn government overreach nanny state..Democratic politicians voting they will dictate what food you may and may not eat? Sure, that is what the new fascist Democratic Party is all about - total control of ever second of every peasant's life.
And new laws like in the OP were the end result of the slippery slope the people against banning such ads (besides the cigarette companies) probably used at the time to oppose it. I remember the outrage in my state about government overreach when they banned smoking indoors everywhere but casinos. The bowling and restaurant lobbies were not happy.You're up there in years, right? You must of had a flip out session and nearly died back in 1970 when congress banned airing cigarette ads on TV. Damn government overreach nanny state..
No because you can read a bit while waiting and then put them back. Your kid can't eat half a candy bar and put it back. It's a similar rule to places where merchandise like liquor is locked up, only for different reasons. You also probably wouldn't put condoms or women's anti-odor stuff at the checkout counter.Sounds kind of like mandated speech. I don't support that. Should we ban tabloids at the checkout too, because they're full of fantastical lies?
Sometimes people grab a banana in the produce section and eat it, then pay for another banana at the checkout. Should we lock up the bananas? Keep them behind the counter?No because you can read a bit while waiting and then put them back. Your kid can't eat half a candy bar and put it back. It's a similar rule to places where merchandise like liquor is locked up, only for different reasons. You also probably wouldn't put condoms or women's anti-odor stuff at the checkout counter.
Absolutely. You can still buy them. Forget about protecting the kids, it'll stop me from buying that crap.Many Americans can relate to the tempting, passing glances at the colorful assortment of confections while waiting in line at the grocery store. But one city in Northern California is making a move to help people resist the unhealthy urges at checkout in favor of healthier options.
The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a Healthy Checkout Ordinance at its meeting on Tuesday that will be reviewed next month.
Berkeley set to become 1st US city to ban junk food in grocery store checkout aisles
The Berkeley City Council approved a measure to remove candy from the checkout lanes at grocery stores.abcnews.go.com
If you have kids, you know what a hassle it is to get to the checkout and have all those sweets and chips within arms reach.
Berkeley is a left wing town. Do you support this kind of regulation?
Bananas? Really? Look, it makes sense to me if shopping with a kid not to have candy within reach at checkout. This is much ado about nothing, no different than where cigarettes are placed.Sometimes people grab a banana in the produce section and eat it, then pay for another banana at the checkout. Should we lock up the bananas? Keep them behind the counter?
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