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I think that prevention is better than cure and it should start with the education of our children - more about sports and nutrition and the health benefits not the cosmetic benefits of an active lifestlye.
I also think that healthy foods should be available 'on the move' like fast foods and cheaper. This would be hard to monitor without the money-grabbing government merely 'taxing' luxury foods, but you can't start taking away people's freedom of choice.
monika1777
There was no education about obesity when I was a girl many years ago, in fact I was at school when children got free milk to boost their diet. There was no tuck shop, no sweet or drink machines, no burgers for lunch. It was standard good food. I got pocket money on a Saturday which took me to the matinee movie with sweets for the interval and that was it. I didn't miss anything else because I didn't have anything to miss.
All the government should do about obesity is to keep the schools supplying healthy diets instead of pandering to modern day meals like chips with everything. Why did the school policy change in the first place? Profit? Modern day burger houses? Parents giving their children extra money for school breaks?
Schools are for education not for getting fat. It's a roller coaster because the children who were given this extra money for treats at school give their kids the money for treats. If treats were not there in the first place for children to buy, then there wouldn't be this debate.
If parents want to serve their children unhealthy meals then that is their choice and there is nothing the government can do about it, but let's get back to the root of it all and that is just supplying children with good, basic, healthy food and education. Simple.
rayandliz1
I think we all need (not just kids) better education about nutrition. One way is with clear labelling on food packaging. The government should also hold companies responsible when they use misleading marketing e.g. 'light' or 'low salt' when products aren't actually healthy, they've just lowered fat or salt slightly from the original version.
lucasdoug
Being 'well upholstered' myself, I reckon that the government 'sees' obese people as fast-food-eaters with high levels of fat intake. So firstly they should stop tarring us all with the same brush. The reason I say this is because I've lost track of the times when visiting the doctor or hospital (not on regular occasions I may add) that they just see someone overweight and have the shock of their lives when I say I'm not on any blood pressure tablets and do not have high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
They then could make healthy eating more accessible as in not being so costly for those people who are on a limited income, maybe use free sessions to the gym as an incentive for some, that could be a start. However, I do feel that they have given smokers and drinkers a beating, and now they're moving onto people who are overweight.
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Created: 03/03/2004 Updated: 08/03/2004
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