In India, the government is a little less subtle than other governments about their desire to prevent consumers from being exposed to products they deem to be unhealthy. New York, for example, is trying to get restaurants to list their calorie counts on their menus so that people can make an informed decision and choose (hopefully) the lower calorie item. Delhi , on the other hand, has decided to ask for schools and universities to ban sodas, citing sodas as an unhealthy form of junk food.
Coke, in a statement, said that the amount of Coke sold at universities and schools was very small and that they have been supporting campaigns that promote active lifestyles and sporting events in India.
Following India's attempt to get Coke and Pepsi to turn over their recipes to the government earlier this year, it is hard to believe that this is not a health-related move as much as a symbolic political one, trying to get back at the companies after their efforts were unsuccessful. This is especially true when you consider that "the country [has]some of the worst infant and maternal mortality rates in the world" and some of the most extreme poverty.
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12-17-2006 @ 5:35PM
MJ said...
This is going too far.....................again telling people what to eat and not!
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12-17-2006 @ 9:03PM
Allison said...
MJ, am I correct in assumingyou're American, British,
Canadian...?Let's not be so quick to applyour standards to a completely different culture.
Also, keep in mind obesity and diabetes
are becoming a problem in India
among middle class children
http://in.news.yahoo.com/061217/137/6adb9.html
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