Friday, July 05, 2013

With Bloomberg Leaving, New Yorkers Consider a New Nanny: Ready for Unfit Christine Quinn?

The National Journal reports:
Next to a fresh produce market offering Tuscan kale, sugar-snap peas, and sour cherries, mayoral candidate Christine Quinn declared war on the Happy Meal. Her plan to require restaurants that sell kid’s meals loaded with saturated fat and sodium to meet certain nutritional standards comes less than three months after a proposal to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. “Public health is absolutely what New York City’s mayor should be worried about,” she said after Monday’s press conference in the trendy Union Square neighborhood.
Because everyone knows Christine Quinn is such a role model when it comes to fitness and heath!