SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING – man drinks glass of fat to make point about fizzy drinks - Health, Diet and Fitness Today – 15/12/09
Posted: 15/12/2009 at 09:30pm by Rich Leigh, founder of Fat Free Fitness
A new video released in America as part of a campaign to curb the consumption of sugary beverages has been clogging up the internet pipes so far this week, showing a man drinking a glass of fat.
In the video, which was posted on YouTube and the health department web site on Monday, a man opens a can of what looks like what is supposed to be coke, but as he pours the drink into a glass, it turns out to be a mess of yellow muck, realistically made to resemble fat.
The message is that drinking just one can of coke a day can add up to 10 pounds of weight in a year.
New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, who commissioned the video, said in a statement that sugary drinks are a main contributor to the city's obesity epidemic.
"If this campaign shifts habits even slightly, it could have real health benefits," Farley said.
A 2007 health department survey found that more than 2 million New Yorkers drink at least one sugar-sweetened beverage each day, which can have as many as 16 teaspoons of sugar in one 20-ounce bottle. I haven’t found any figures for the UK, but it’d be great to know.
Watch the video below – and let us know what you think in the comments section below. Will it work, or is it wasted effort? Would something similar work in the UK?
Comments
That is too disgusting. Diet Coke is OK though...right?!
Posted by: Gabrielle Lofthouse, 15/12/2009 at 09:49pmIn terms of calories - yep!
Posted by: Rich Leigh, 16/12/2009 at 07:21amAdd a Comment
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