Junk Food Ban/Regulation

[Michael-5]

Kasz216 said:

The only reason corn is the cheapest food to grow in the US is because of the government.

Rather then crazy junkfood bans and the like they should just remove the corn subsidies so junk food naturally costs more.

There is a reason why even mexico uses sugar over HFC... (and they have a bigger obesity problem then we do.)

No they don't

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

Mind you those statistics are old, I know USA is approaching 40% and Canada is about 18%.

Also I think if you take a Europe average, and exclude UK, obesity rates are actually lower then 13%. A lot of countries like Sweden, Denmark, France, and Italy hold 8-10%.

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Oh wait, now I get your point. I don't think corn is subsidized in Canada, I think it's subsidized in the USA because USA and Mexico are the world lead producers of corn. So one of the options I gave was to ban (I should have said ban/regulate) corn fillers and HFCS. I guess removing the subsidies would make a similar affect.

As for Sugar over HFCS, what's that reason? Pop in Europe uses Beat sugar over HFCS and not only does it taste better, but it's better for you too because you body recognizes it as a sugar.

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What's your take on strong salt regulations?