Published: July 30, 2013
...Seeking to reduce runaway obesity rates, (click here) the rule was announced by Mr.
Bloomberg last May and approved by the health panel in September. The
measure would have prohibited the sale of many sweetened drinks in
containers larger than 16 ounces, but the appeals court wrote that the
rule was laden with confusing loopholes and exemptions.
Only establishments that received inspection grades from the city’s
health department, including movie theaters and stadium concession
stands, would have been subject to the ban. Those with self-service
drink fountains, like most fast-food restaurants, would be prohibited
from stocking cups larger than 16 ounces. Meanwhile, vending machines
and some newsstands would be exempt, along with convenience stores. The
signature 64-ounce Big Gulp at 7-Eleven would escape the soda ban unscathed....
The New York City Mayor and Council need to provide an award to CUNY's anthropology department in conjunction with the university's Health and Human Services department.
Anthropology? You betcha, here is an example.
April 26, 2013
...Williams’s dissertation, (click here) “From Coercion to Consent? Governing the Formerly Incarcerated in the 21st Century United States,” looks at the emerging policy of prisoner reentry reform. The ethnographic project asks: “Is the aftermath of mass incarceration merely another site of racialized social control or do new reentry programs combine with other changes in the penal system to signal a shift towards a less punitive mode of governance in the United States?” Prof. Leith Mullings is dissertation supervisor....
What are the funds for?
Social Anthropology is a very powerful tool government rarely turns to in harnessing the problems that face them and their citizens. Another under utilized form of Anthropology is Speech/Linguistics. Anthropologists are far more interesting than simple journal articles or physician statements in support of a controversial legislative directive.
A Social Anthropologist PhD. in cooperation with a Heath and Human Services PhD. can put together a study that will guarantee the link between disease, consumption of large amounts of soft drinks and THE COST to the city.
I am quite confident New York City spends a significant amount of money on the health of its' citizens. In realizing those costs should not be born by the city government alone is the key to bring about a tax on drinks over 12 or 16 ounces. A 10 cent an ounce tax on any drink over 12 or 16 ounces.
The gift within the cooperative relationship of anthropology and HHS are STATISTICS. Anthropologists are whizzes with statistics, especially those in Social Anthropology. A well designed study can pull out the facts and seek facts not yet collected to present the health care facts of New York City as dependent on large consumption of soft drinks.
The HHS PhD. will provide the cultural component to designing the study. The jargon and the definitions to that jargon. The HHS PhD. can also help with designing questionnaires properly worded to seek insight from other health care professionals as well as their patients and the public.
A sound study with good statistical analysis will present the city with the argument they are looking for. While their people need health care they should not be denied, the cost has to be borne by a tax to relieve the burden on the general budget. It is a good idea, well thought through and pertinent. There would be no reason not to link the cost of healthcare, especially for children and the elderly with diabetes, to a tax to assist in their care.
Good luck.
Anthropology? You betcha, here is an example.
April 26, 2013
...Williams’s dissertation, (click here) “From Coercion to Consent? Governing the Formerly Incarcerated in the 21st Century United States,” looks at the emerging policy of prisoner reentry reform. The ethnographic project asks: “Is the aftermath of mass incarceration merely another site of racialized social control or do new reentry programs combine with other changes in the penal system to signal a shift towards a less punitive mode of governance in the United States?” Prof. Leith Mullings is dissertation supervisor....
What are the funds for?
Social Anthropology is a very powerful tool government rarely turns to in harnessing the problems that face them and their citizens. Another under utilized form of Anthropology is Speech/Linguistics. Anthropologists are far more interesting than simple journal articles or physician statements in support of a controversial legislative directive.
A Social Anthropologist PhD. in cooperation with a Heath and Human Services PhD. can put together a study that will guarantee the link between disease, consumption of large amounts of soft drinks and THE COST to the city.
I am quite confident New York City spends a significant amount of money on the health of its' citizens. In realizing those costs should not be born by the city government alone is the key to bring about a tax on drinks over 12 or 16 ounces. A 10 cent an ounce tax on any drink over 12 or 16 ounces.
The gift within the cooperative relationship of anthropology and HHS are STATISTICS. Anthropologists are whizzes with statistics, especially those in Social Anthropology. A well designed study can pull out the facts and seek facts not yet collected to present the health care facts of New York City as dependent on large consumption of soft drinks.
The HHS PhD. will provide the cultural component to designing the study. The jargon and the definitions to that jargon. The HHS PhD. can also help with designing questionnaires properly worded to seek insight from other health care professionals as well as their patients and the public.
A sound study with good statistical analysis will present the city with the argument they are looking for. While their people need health care they should not be denied, the cost has to be borne by a tax to relieve the burden on the general budget. It is a good idea, well thought through and pertinent. There would be no reason not to link the cost of healthcare, especially for children and the elderly with diabetes, to a tax to assist in their care.
Good luck.
