Michael-5 said:
The government controls what you eat by controlling price.
e.g. Government supports people to eat healthy produce, by not charging tax on it (bringing price down).
Grocery Stores control what you eat with store layouts.
e.g. Grocery Stores always put produce at the main entrance. Do you know why? Produce has a higher profit margin, but a lower volume margin then chips/boxed food. By putting it at the front you force people to walk through and people give it a second thought. For the same reason, they put chocolate bars at cash.
At fast Food Restaurants there are Nutrituion Labels (mandated by the government) and often additional charts (not government mandated). Those additional charts are there at the descrepancy of the seller. e.g. McDonalds posts a chart where the Big Mac is low on Salt and Sugar content, and only just over the maximum intake for fat. However I think they get there numbers based on a 3,000 calorie diet, I dunno, I haven't ordered anything but coffee at McDonalds in ages.
My point was that in restaurants (the proper kind) there should be a government mandated indicator that certain foods are high fat/salt. You can't fit a nutrition label for every item on the menu. The only mandate in Canada right now is that there must be at least 1 vegetarian alternative, and it must be labeled. I'm saying foods with over 300% of the fat/salt/sugar/etc intake should be labels by law.
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Price is of no consequence to what I eat. Not sure about others.
Food isn't taxed at all in most states.
Never really thought about layout and I have to say it's a bit contrived. I walk down nearly every aisle, save the ones I don't need to like baking stuff and shampoo and what not.
It seems a bit silly to ask restaurants to label that. Most fast food would have the entire menu marked as such. It's common sense that fast food isn't healthy - adding a sticker won't solve anything.
I know quite a few sit down places that started offering "healthy" options as a special menu section. I think that's a good idea for people who care; the rest of us are eating out to enjoy ourselves and probably can't be damned to care about the nutritional value.
