Urge to Limit Supersized Sodas Comes to Boston Area

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg kind of started it: Proposing the city restrict the size of certain sodas sold in the city as a way to tackle what doctors say are soaring obesity rates.

It sure does make for good comedy; The Daily Show's Jon Stewart loves pointing out that under Bloomberg's proposal, a small amount of marijuana would elicit a bigger fine than a Big Gulp.

But.

Does Bloomberg have a point? Is taking at least one small regulatory step toward solving the obesity problem worth considering? Or is it an at-first hilarious, but on-second-thought rather ominous governmental overreach?

Now the mayor of Cambridge has proposed her city study the idea. And recently, at the Brookline Board of Selectmen meeting, there was fleeting mention of the idea; the Boston Globe reports that Brookline "may also debate whether to limit the sale of soft drinks at its Town Meeting this fall."

Could a soft drink restriction be coming to Wayland? If so, what do you think about that? Let us know in the poll and in the comments section below.