Under the new plan, restaurants, fast-food establishments, movie theaters, sports stadiums and food carts will be banned from selling sugary drinks in anything larger than a 16-oz container. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the decision was made to help fight obesity.

"That's crazy. I don't know why they'd do that," one Oklahoman told Fox 25's Kisha Henry. "I honestly think that's rather ridiculous. It's a soda. It's the same thing as buying paper. There's no harm in it," says another.

But, health officials disagree. " Most people don't realize, to burn off the calories of one 20-ounce soda, you would have to walk three miles-- which is the distance from the State Capitol to Bricktown," says Jamie Dunnington, with the Oklahoma City County Health Department. "Most people don't realize, when they're consuming a soda, they're actually eating 16 packs of sugar." She notes-- if you were to drink one 12-ounce can of soda per day, over the course of a year, you would consume 75-cups of sugar.

Health officials say sugary drinks like sports drinks and soda are empty calories. They don't fill you up, so you tend to eat the same amount throughout the day, except the calories that your body doesn't burn are stored as fat.

"I try to keep my kids as healthy as possible, so we don't drink soda in my house," says one Oklahoman who agrees with New York City's Mayor. "Me, as a father, it might save a little money as far as dental."

"We want to encourage moderation. If you consume three sodas a day, try to cut back to one a day," says Dunnington. "We want people to be more aware of, more conscious about (their health) and have all the information, so they can make a healthy choice."