Junk Food Ban/Regulation

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Michael-5 said:

dsgrue3 said:
Absolutely not.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

VEGETA!!!!!

With 40% of Americans obese, they are not taking responsibility for themselves. Plus you don't have that much control of what you eat, if every pop and fast food producer adds salt to their drinks to keep you thirsty, how can you avoid that? Are you going to import your pop from Europe at an expensive cost, or make your own pop at home?

Regulations are designed so that big corporations like Coka-Cola don't abuse you. This is why FHCS is banned in Europe, and this is why not only does their pop taste better, but it's better for you to. So you can still make the personal decision to drink tons of pop, but you enjoy it more there and see leass of a health consequence.

 

Let's get one thing straight before moving on since your stats aren't accurate.

Top 10 countries by Obesity rate:

1. United States - 33.8%

2. Mexico - 30%

3. New Zealand - 26.5%

4. Chile - 25.1%

5. Australia - 24.6%

6. Canada - 24.2%

7. United Kingdom - 23%

8. Ireland - 23%

9. Luxembourg - 22.1%

10. Finland - 20.2%

Source

 

 

No food in moderation is bad for you. Not even HFCS or fast food. I don't drink regular soda, my parents always purchased diet so I've continued to consume that as an adult. You might as well suggest the government limits how many hours of television we can watch since it promotes laziness which contributes to obesity. It's just silly.

People need to be held accountable for their own actions. And hey, maybe they want to be obese? Why is it in the interest of the government?