pretty much
Posted on 05/18/2014 9:19:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The food industry should be regulated like the tobacco industry as obesity poses a greater global health risk than cigarettes, say international groups.
Consumers International and the World Obesity Federation are calling for the adoption of more stringent rules.
These could include pictures on food packaging of damage caused by obesity, similar to those on cigarette packets.
The new rules could include reducing the levels of salt, saturated fat and sugar in food, improving food served in hospitals and schools, imposing stricter advertising controls, and educating the public about healthy eating.
Artificial trans-fats should be removed from all food and drink products within five years, said the recommendations.
Advertising to children, during television programmes such as the X-Factor, must be restricted, said the organisations.
Governments could review food prices, introduce taxes, change licensing controls and start new research to make this happen, the report said.
Luke Upchurch at Consumers International said they were asking for the "same level of global treaty" as the tobacco industry faced.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Liberty offends them.
HE WHO CONTROLS THE FOOD, CONTROLS THE PEOPLE”
Despots creed.
First step towards outlawing home gardens, small farms, organic farms, farmers markets.
They’re driving hundreds of ranchers off the land needed for gazing, they’re passing laws to shut down small farms, back yard farms -
This is getting serious folks.
This just happened in Michigan - and they’re even including farms of 6.5 acres - even 80 acres as “small”
tHIS HAPPENED THIS MONTH
excerpt: “One small farmer, Michelle Regalado Deatrick, told MLive that half of her 80-acre farm may be zoned out of use, as it falls into “Category 3,” which is described as “generally not suitable for livestock production facilities.”
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/michigan-right-to-farm/
http://www.naturalnews.com/035403_heritage_pigs_farms_Michigan.html
http://www.permies.com/t/31727/small-farm/Permaculture-Danger-Michigan-outlawed
I'm in favor of education so that we can all voluntarily reduce our intake of these harmful substances. The government should not compel us to do so, however.
The issue is not whether sodium, saturated fat and various sugars are harmful; they are. The issue is the proper role of government, in this case none.
“First they came for the tobacco products, and I did not speak out, because I was not a smoker.”
SNAP cards are reminding me more and more of a feral hog trap.
Now they’re trying to deal with those of us who won’t step into the trap willingly.
Psychopaths on steroids work for the Governments
so that they can hurt people en masse.
There is no doubt that making people miserable
gives these people joy. I've known a few.
No they are not, but feel free to try and convince thinking people they are.
Sodium, saturated fats and sugars are not as harmful as some meds people are on. Those meds cause obesity. Read some of the side effects of prescription pills. Scary. America is over medicated.
Sodium, saturated fats and sugars are not as harmful as GMO foods or cattle fed antibiotics. Those would cause obesity even in a person eating healthy.
The government can stop the the production of GMO foods. But then, what would Monsanto do?
Why not just declare meat, sugar, junk food, etc controlled substances and be done with it.
If it did, I'd be long gone - salt is my favorite condiment, especially on nice rare steaks with crisped fat rinds from searing on the grill...
No food until age 18 or indoors, on sidewalks, or in parks could be pretty tough.
40 calories isn’t much for a sub machine gun—with or without 30 round clips.
Did I see anything in the article about the dangers of marijuana...and re-regulating it where it's now legal?
What's more dangerous to health, teenagers at a movie drive-in smoking joints in the car or enjoying Dairy Queen hot fudge sundaes?
The end is near.....Michelle's big end.
TOO near!
Leni
Oh my F’ing Gosh...
Thanks for contributing your nonsense to this thread about nonsense. Bravo.
pretty much
And preppers will be forced, at gunpoint, to give up their stores of food. Of course, I’m sure most preppers are well-armed.
Undersized and drug-addled. Sort of like the Chinese before Mao took over.
Actually they aren't.
If you don't believe me try a one month diet in which you consume none of those things.
I will send flowers to your funeral.
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