From: Greg Jordan (jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 11:41:59 MST
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Gary Miller wrote:
> We can't legislate calorie intake in a free society.
No, but we could legislate things that would make it easier for people to
restrict caloric intake. For example, schools could stop offering young
people corn-syrup laced soft drinks, thus starting lifelong bad
habits, instead offering diet soft drinks or even better fruit juices and
flavored waters. This would invite opposition by soft drink
industry - government could offer incentives for them to switch over to
healthier products.
Fast food industry could be required to serve food in units corresponding
to RDA "serving sizes". That way people could still eat as much as they
wanted, but it would be much clearer to them if they were overeating. If
the industry saw a decline in consumption, they could just raise unit
prices. That would be a win-win all the way back to the farm.
Just a few thoughts...
gej
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jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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