Join NYU Libraries for an insightful discussion with some of our most esteemed panelists about how the conversation, study, and action around food has evolved over the last two decades. Together, we’ll reflect on 20 years of the Critical Topics in Food event series and examine the role that thoughtful community gatherings like these have played in shaping our collective dialogue about food. The Critical Topics in Food event series is a partnership between NYU Special Collections, NYU Steinhardt Department of Nutrition & Food Studies, and Clark Wolf.
by Marion Nestle
Dec
18
2008
More and more on the soda tax
Nicholas Kristof writes about it in the New York Times today. As for me, I did 7 radio interviews on Fox News this morning, including two in Georgia, home of Coca-Cola. The Fox News folks are shocked, shocked: Where’s personal responsibility? Where’s parental responsibility?
OK, but what about liquid candy? And marketing to kids? And all the research linking frequent consumption of soft drinks to childhood obesity?
OK. I’m not crazy about regressive taxes, and I think the distinction between sugary soft drinks and sugary juice drinks doesn’t make much sense, but I’m interested to see how this idea works. Let’s call it an interesting experiment and hope that someone is doing the research.