Healthcare Triage: Banning trans fats versus sodas

I get a lot of flack on twitter for my seeming “hypocrisy”:

We are seeing a lot of changes recently as to what we are “allowed” to eat. When the FDA decided to get rid of trans fats, I applauded. When New York City tried to ban sodas bigger than 16 ounces, though, I booed. Why is this not hypocritical? Watch and find out.

For those of you who came here looking for references, here they are (sometimes you’ll need to click through on links):

• Prohibition won’t work for soft drinks any more than it did for alcohol
• Some more on the NYC soda ban
• Tackling Obesity and Learning What Works
• There are alternatives to banning sodas

• What would a soda ban have accomplished

• Goodbye and good riddance, trans fats
• A thought experiment on FDA involvement in food additives

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