January 9/Washington/National Cancer Institute -- While depression most likely has a myriad of possible causes, a new study, authored by Honglei Chen, MD, PhD, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), might just help to put a feather in the cap of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his recent initiative to limit the size of sugary beverages that can be purchased for consumption.
Bloomberg, in an effort to curb increasing obesity rates in his city, got his proposal to ban the sale of large sugary beverages in restaurants, at street vendors and movie theaters approved by the New York City Board of Health back in September. His motives were to help slim waistlines in his city. Now, as it turns out, perhaps his initiative might also lead to elevating the levity of his constituency.