The mayors of New York and Cambridge, the American Medical Association, and the Harvard School of Public Health have begun an assault on sugary drinks, particularly large servings of soda.  Such giant servings – the “Big Gulp” is a king-size of the 7-Eleven chain, but there are many others of its ilk – are both a direct factor in the obesity epidemic, researchers say, and a symbol of the outsize portions most Americans now eat.  We now eat nearly 300 more calories per day today than 30 years ago — about half of those calories come from sugary drinks and another quarter from portion size increases, said Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina.

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