I wonder how much research has been conducted on rebound-overeating. I know from personal experience that being forced to eat a “healthy” diet as a child causes a person to overindulge in the “junk” foods that they never were allowed to eat as a child. I’ve fought against obesity all my life for just that reason and know people who are fat because of it.
Quite simply, the government’s responsibility to the citizens ends at ensuring a safe food supply and teaching basic nutrition. It is not the government’s place to dictate food choices. As the control-freak politicians become more successful in their efforts to control every bite that every child in school eats, I wonder how much worse the obesity problem will become?
If there is a real desire to fight obesity, how about taking a look at lifestyle and food choices back before obesity started skyrocketing? Kids aren’t playing outside any more; recess time at school has been reduced in favor of more academics. Now we have obese under-educated kids. Maybe it’s time to look at what *was* successful.
I had a health food nut mother who never allowed us to have so much as a piece of cake - talk about joyless living. The first five years out of the house, I indulged in total junk food. Now, it’s an even keel - a little bit of junk and mostly healthy food. Fie on health Nazis and their running dogs!