[AMP-L] Diabetes: Portions Have Grown—And So Has The Ridiculousness Of NYC’s Anti-Obesity Ads

[Wayne Renardson]

via Blisstree: 

I haven´t been one to mince words about how I think we need to 
increase the stigma around unhealthy eating in America. But even I 
think New York City´s new amputee anti-obesity ads are a bad 
idea-ineffectual, misleading, and a wasted opportunity to focus on 
more positive pro-health messages.

The ads, plastered in NYC subways, feature a diabetic man who lost 
his leg to amputation along with big cups of soda, in an attempt to 
get New Yorkers to think about `dietary habits that can lead to 
obesity.´ City healthy commissioner Thomas Farley told Reuters: 
"These are hard-hitting images because we really felt we need to 
drive home a point that large portions are not completely benign."

The rest of the story here, with photo: 

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Wayne R.