Posted on 02/03/2014 11:14:39 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Edited on 02/03/2014 11:15:35 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Governments could slow or even reverse the growing obesity epidemic if they introduced more regulation into the global market for fast foods such as burgers, chips and fizzy drinks, researchers said on Monday.
A study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that if governments took firmer action, they could start to prevent people becoming overweight and obese - conditions with serious long-term consequences such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancer.
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Nanny State PING!
The government mandated the food pyramid as the basis for school meals. Putting the fox in charge of the hen house is not a solution.
Really? I thought it was fueled by a lack of character. Probably need regulations for that, too. :)
“Please pull up to the next window for government approval of your order.” Going to McDonald’s will be like going to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Taking the “Fast” out of fast Food.
Pa-leeeezzzzzzeeee!
This is all such nonsense.
Just what we need, more damned regulations.
P*ss off!
lack of character?
I always thought lack of exercise and too many calories was the cause. silly me
People should be required to have a license for that - and background checks before purchasing a burger. Rember that people don’t kill people - burgers do!
Brawndo, Plants love it!
Totalitarians want to control what you eat.
Sounds like the perfect job for Michael Bloomberg, now that he’s out of work—Fast Food Czar.
it is surprising that this hasn’t yet been resolved in what remains of our “free market economy”
every time a fast food outfit adds a healthier item to its menu, it seems to taste awful
(and almost nobody keeps buying it).
I really do believe they COULD offer some healtier items (at least give you some options instead of those terrible white bread buns! and cut down on the chemical overload that seems to be in some fast food these days? and reduce the grease)...just those 3 small steps would make for some healthier products),..,.maybe not strictly 100 percent “Health Food” but still a few items that are better for us.....and taste good ........? A whole lot of us would buy such items if they would only put them on offer...
again, in the free market.
Govern yourself, or someone will govern you for you...
He would love it. He may even ask for a cool uniform and a nifty title as head of the Fast Food Cheka.
Another Nanny State Liberal Luddite faculty lounger bleats out!
every time a fast food outfit adds a healthier item to its menu, it seems to taste awful
I eat surprisingly little junk or processed food altogether. A few years ago I went to just get a burger that wasn’t good for me as a treat and cost a fortune. It tasted like the wrapper it came in. Now I make my own junk food when I really crave it - it’s healthier by comparison and at least it has taste.
Great. More intrusive govt ALWAYS fixes everything. NOT! Fookin’ idgits.
absolutely agree with you....
i wish the junkchow places would offer a few healthier things for us
but (and I do like double whoppers) ... a burger made at home can be ten times better than almost anything at the drive thru
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