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Much better to get your kids up off the couch than painting coca-cola and other soft drinks what theyre not. theyre not the poison. but if you sit on your couch all day and you eat and you dont do anything, then, yes, its going to have a negative impact. >> actually, i just have to counter. >> dont overspeak on these things weve all been eating for 50 years and we dont need -- you know what, i would much rather mike bloomberg -- hes got power over the schools, why doesnt he force schools to have...

Hes been here before. >> right. >> he will appeal it and he will fight it. h he doesnt win every single thing he does. >> and you know what, they were taking it seriously, coke was putting posters up, describing the sizes, the portion size. some restaurants started serving fresh squeezed juices instead of the sugary drinks. and other companies -- >> thats disgusting. >> smaller cups. its not like they were laughing at what mayor bloomberg was doing. they were scared. he lost this round, but they...

>> im saying its killing us, its killing our children. its liquid sugar and sugar is poison. >> first of all, its not killing us, its not killing our children -- >> you dont think the obesity crisis is not killing us? >> i think its horrific. i think a lot of things are doing it. i drink coca-cola, soft drinks, i eat captain crunch, trix and i ran it all off by 10:00 in the morning. dont say this stuff is killing us. its the lack of activity combined with people sitting on the couch instead of g...

Ounces. the mayor went through a similar fight with the calorie charts that we see on restaurant menus now. but how likely is it that hes going to win this one against the fight with the soda sizes? >> the city is certainly going to pei thappeal this up to the higher court industry. the mayor only has about nine months left in his term, and its unclear whether his successors will support this program with the zeal that he has shown. >> certainly, this has been a bone of contention. we have seen ...