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**VewCoorkPow** · 08-05-2012, 06:17 AM

If banning junk fast-food were effective, yes, but an outright ban would be less effective in reducing obesity than other measures I've outlined elsewhere:

1. Tax fast food meals that do not meet minimum health standards by 300%.
2. Nationalize all supermarket chains and use revenue from fast food tax to expand co-ops and greenmarkets.
3. Ban all forms of fast food marketing that target specific urban or ethnic demographics.
4. Mandate healthy cafeteria servings for every school. No exemptions. Students can't bring their junk food from home.
5. Ban HFCS.
6. Ban the use of trans-fat in restaurant food.

The problem is that junk food is extremely cheap to produce. A gallon of purple drink is often cheaper than a gallon of water, and you can eat a meal at McDonalds for $2. Healthy food actually has elements of substance inside as opposed to processed waste products. Better education is the only way to improve the future generation's eating habits. I fortunately grew it up a very health conscious household, so I consider myself lucky. However if the only health education I received was from our public school system, I'd probably be 300lbs. "Sin" taxes will allow people a healthier lifestyle as much as the lottery helps improve education.

08-05-2012, 06:17 AM	#19
VewCoorkPow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	If banning junk fast-food were effective, yes, but an outright ban would be less effective in reducing obesity than other measures I've outlined elsewhere: 1. Tax fast food meals that do not meet minimum health standards by 300%. 2. Nationalize all supermarket chains and use revenue from fast food tax to expand co-ops and greenmarkets. 3. Ban all forms of fast food marketing that target specific urban or ethnic demographics. 4. Mandate healthy cafeteria servings for every school. No exemptions. Students can't bring their junk food from home. 5. Ban HFCS. 6. Ban the use of trans-fat in restaurant food. The problem is that junk food is extremely cheap to produce. A gallon of purple drink is often cheaper than a gallon of water, and you can eat a meal at McDonalds for $2. Healthy food actually has elements of substance inside as opposed to processed waste products. Better education is the only way to improve the future generation's eating habits. I fortunately grew it up a very health conscious household, so I consider myself lucky. However if the only health education I received was from our public school system, I'd probably be 300lbs. "Sin" taxes will allow people a healthier lifestyle as much as the lottery helps improve education.
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