Saving Gotham
Subtitle: a billionaire mayor, activist doctors, and the fight for eight million lives
By: Tom Farley
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780393071245
Subjects: Public health; Chronic diseases; Medical policy; Prevention
Description: A behind-the-scenes look at a controversial -- and successful -- public health initiative recounts how Dr. Thomas Frieden, as the health commissioner of New York City in 2002, and his team prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants and attempted to cap the size of soda, revealing how local government can protect its citizens and transform health for everyone.  --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Things are going to get really exciting"; title: "I need a one-pager on lives saved"; title: "I thought, this nutrition stuff is so controversial..."; title: "We were failing and we didn't know why, and we had to succeed."; title: "Are you sure this will save lives?"; title: "I just went on a field trip to Dunkin' Donuts."; title: "Now, for the first time ever, she could see for herself."; title: "There's no doubt our kids drink way too much soda."; title: "In the end, it's just ketchup."; title: "All I could think of was, welcome to New York"; title: "They can't even be bothered to sue us?"; title: "We were outgunned."; title: "Would you like us to say, 'That's not our responsibility'?"; title: "We are in a coalition with major food companies for one reason only; that is, access to power."; title: "They always had two nuclear weapons."; title: "I hear that your Mayor wants to ban soda!"; title: "The NSRI's success is far from guaranteed"; title: "This is an attack on small business."; title: "It keeps me up at night."; title: "That is, ultimately, government's highest duty.".