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Health board ban on sugary drinks



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Published Date: 02 October 2008
A HEALTH board yesterday announced plans for a blanket ban on the sale of all sugary drinks in hospitals.
The ban will apply to vending machines, shops and staff dining rooms at NHS Tayside sites, with fizzy drinks being replaced by a range of healthier options. The board first imposed a ban on sugary drinks three years ago at Perth Royal Infirmary.





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  • Last Updated: 01 October 2008 10:53 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 02/10/2008 01:08:19


D'oh! Next you will only be allowed to use the Toilets, twice aday!, in fear of a 'Bog-roll' shortage, or 'Aiding-and-Abetting' to World Wide Pollution!

My Advice! take the Brandy and Coke, with you on admittance to the Hospital, take a 'Stash' of "Sugary Drinks" and sell them cheap to fellow Patients!

A Nonsense this is, that wont make a,...

'Blind Bit of Difference' on Health Issues apart from the apparent, 'Mental Health Issues' the Dictators, have themselves!
2

Guga II,

Rockall 02/10/2008 03:09:46
The health fascists strike again. What right do they have to tell people what they can or cannot buy by way of non-alcoholic drinks?
3

Jock Scot,

East Lothian 02/10/2008 04:14:22

I remember when my wife was in Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, cans of Guinness known to have high levels of Iron were available to the nursing mothers, yes binge drinking on the wards and it kept the bairns quiet.

4

scottish person,

paisley 02/10/2008 09:10:13
Why not ban the sugar free drinks, they are full of poison. Aspartame to name one. Tell them to google it and find out how bad it is for you.
Give me sugar every time.
5

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 02/10/2008 10:53:54
#2:

They do not have that right. However they do have the right to sell what they like in the shops, regardless of consumer demand.

Funny that. I can readily recall something else that was imposed upon us regardless of consumer demand.... the smoking ban for instance. If there had been consumer demand for a smoking ban, most of the pubs and clubs would have been smoke-free already.
6

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 02/10/2008 12:14:58
Hospitals are supposed to be places where you get better and healthy not emporiums of empty-calories and sugary drinks that promote tooth decay and diabetes and obesity.

If the patients need that sugar fix so much they can have their friends or relatives bring them in for them.

Some people will not get better or maintain a healthy lifestyle no matter how much supervision is enacted.

And there is nothing worse than smelling nicotine on a nurse or doctor tending to your sickness.

Doctor, heal theyself!
7

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 02/10/2008 15:52:47
Tim,

If you don't want to drink sugary drinks, then you are free not to do so.

If medical staff wish to smoke, they are free to do so.
8

OldWife,

02/10/2008 19:59:14
Ban sugary drinks but replace them with drinks full of artificial flavours, colours and sweetners....swap one poison for another. Why not just take the vending machines away completely and let them drink tap water.
9

mobocaster,

Aberdeen 08/10/2008 11:14:12
How things change - A few years back I was in hospital with severe food poisoning & the doc gave me a pretty stark choice - Drink at least 3 litres of 7-up per day or go on a drip.

Apparently the balance of sugar & electrolytes in the 7-up were just about the same as the drip & given my previous history of problems with needles/spigots etc, drinking it seemed far the nicer option.

#6 - Sugary drinks do not promote anything of the sort! It is overconsumption by those not willing or interested enough to take basic care of themselves that is the main risk, combined with a certain level of genetic predisposition in a large portion of type-II diabetics.

Why should the rest of us (incl most diabetics) who can manage to look after ourselves have to put-up with silly tokenistic restrictions for the sake of those who cannot or do not care?
10

celtic4,

USA 23/10/2008 00:25:07
I suppose we are here as health concious as anyone, and our hospitals have "sugary drinks" sodas, coffee w/ or without sugar. It is the person's choice as to whether or not they want something that may give a wee energy boost, or keep them awake while in waiting rooms. That is freedom of choice. I like that.
11

celtic4,

USA 23/10/2008 00:26:58
Meant to include the idea that why should government or some Health board impose on a person's choices? Do they not believe we are too stupid to make a healthy choice? That is just too much Big Brother for me! Let me make up my own mind. Don't force something on me.

 

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