Will Imposing A Tax On Junk Food & Soft Drinks Hinder Childhood Obesity...? Total results: 10 Pages: 1 [ 1] |
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 ID: 188071 Posts: 538 | Date: 2009-09-01 23:56 In The USA, there has been much concern over increased weight gain amongst the
youth. Some schools, such as Chartered ones, have even done away with the
Physical Education programs, due to lack of funding & community support, which
can not build safe gymnasiums (the best alternative to protect against inclement
weather), & upkeep grounds for proper athletic usage.--Esp. either amongst
sparcely populated communities or poverty stricken surroundings....
It is true that while junk food plays a culprit in the so-called 'devil's food
advocate' hunger realm, it's still cheaper to make an errand run for a quick
appetite fix, rather than pay more for healthier alternatives. So because of
this supply demand availability on the prospective allowances allotted to kids,
they can be easily tastebuddy seduced & purse persuaded to consume the cheap,
the bad, & the ugly in order to accumulate more 'play' money, by skipping more
expensive school lunches.
A college resource claims that like the idea of heavy taxing on tobacco use,
there has been a minimal drop in purchases of cigarettes. But, I believe when it
comes to food cravings or out right obsessive addictions, if someone wants
something that strongly, they will find a way. What's next in store in the
future's unfolding of edible events? Black Market Twinkies??
I agree that gas marts push quick munchies, rather than fresh produce...But
looking at their business prospective, they have to invest with what doesn't
perish as rapidly.
So aren't they caught up in trying to keep themselves afloat economically, by
choosing shelf-life over LIFE of Consumers??...See how money screws society,
before they can choose the worse of two evils? Unfortunately, it seems as if
time has birthed an every man/woman/child for his or herself.
The proposed idea of opening up Athletic fields to the general Community, is
nice. However, who wants to risk the maintenance of vandalism to try &
compensate for damages that aren't covered under the general public
funding??...Here we go round in circles...
Back to Public Meetings at the UnMerry-Go-Round of STRIFE./'
Oh, & HELL-O NO, you aren't going to have easy street butting heads with the
Soda Pop Industries, any too SOON! A 10% increase in taxation on their products
will start a bar room blitz kreig!! Try escaping that mad house tackle & snorted
assorted brawlers' shackle..........I don't think COKE OR PEPSI CORP. are going
to give in to the sweeter side of using taxation to gift the scholastic field of
health prevention for assisting Obesity research...Not from that angle of the
shaken can-can, & on any bubbling ounce of the crated income cargo.
Proposals are lovely aren't they??? Can you hear weeding bells this round of
mergers for mercy?? I don't don't have to have 'POP' fly to see that
answer!! 'Hair' TODAY, (Cy)  .:. NET=---> Tomorrow!  |
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 ID: 274252 Posts: 296 | Date: 2009-09-02 06:44 If the parents controlled what their kids were eating it would be a far better
help
Too many give in to a child's demands too easily when the refuse to eat the veg
on the plates, buy them burgers, endless sweets & chocolate
At 5 & 6 I remember complaining if I never got enough veg & wasn't one for the
sweet stuff, some used to say I was too thin at 14 through to 18 |
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 ID: 235463 Posts: 395 | Date: 2009-09-02 08:36 I don't think a tax on junk food is the answer. Education on proper diet and
exercise and taking the family for a walk would sure help in the obesity
problem. My children are she thinnest kids in the neighborhood, but they are
also the only ones that don't own a video game. Call me a horrible parent if you
wish, but I also will not put a television in their rooms. I feel that they need
exercise. I've even got them to eat broccoli. How many parents can say that?
Education and being a good roll model is the answer. My girls each have a
picture in their rooms of me when I was over three hundred pounds. I hate
looking at those pictures. Nobody else except their friends see those pictures.
The girls have them so they can see that it looks better when you exercixe. |
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ID: 235463 Posts: 395 | Date: 2009-09-02 13:38 Tobacco advertising has been banned in the United States for about three
decades. Booze, on the other hand, is all over the airwaves.
Obesity has been proven to be a major problem in the United States. Most people
don't realize that obesity causes diabetes, high blood pressure, and other major
health problems. If you walk into most fast food restaurants and ask for a
nutritional data sheet, most will not be able to produce one. Most people don't
have a clue as to how many calories are in a fast food meal. A McDonald's big
mac, for example has more calories than a Snickers candy bar.
Education and example are the keys to good health. My family eats out maybe
twice a month. We very rarely go to fast food restaurants. When we go out, we go
to a sit down restaurant. We don't go to buffets. We eat healthy. |
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ID: 188071 Posts: 538 | Date: 2009-09-02 21:54 As far as tobacco advertising being initialized as an advert ban on both TV &
Radio, Congress finally got the PHCSA=Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act to
take effect in January of 1971. In 1981, the OICAA=Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act
announced a ban of indoor smoking...I remember I was with a highschool girl
friend on a trip in a turbo charged sportscar, while on our way to a wedding,
which had private & public events in both Eugene/Springfield area. We stopped at
a Payless Drug Store to buy film & cigarettes, before heading on to arrive in
Springfield at a quaint Church ceremony. The night before we visited "The
STRIP", & drove up a wicked winding Mtn. cliff. Then hit a cozy restaurant about
mid morning--Ah breakfast never tasted so good! Needless to say, the groom
didn't get much sleep that night prior to the shackle date--His fault!! He
insisted on taking my girl friend & I all around town. Shhhhhhhhh!!! Does the
Bride ever know everything about her man??? 110% DOUBTFUL!! 
Point is--at that time, promises of new tobacco tax hikes & no more indoor
cigarette smoking didn't deter any of my friends from giving up what we wanted
to do. The WILL has to be there to either do it or not do it..."Commit to Quit"
is what Nascar Driver's Richard Petty supported. And you just have to be in the
frame of mind, or inline with the acquired concern of life's aspects to really
accomplish a countermand to a clockwork turned agent-orange-like on your own
afflicted body. Yes FREEDOM of CHOICE has ITS COST, outside the plentiful
pocket.
Education is NOT enough--If that's the case abstinence VS obstinance would have
won over the want to have sex--Another type of (tax free?)
hunger!.....DETERMINATION is EVERYTHING.
No parent can STOP a CHILD, just HINDER the process of self-will./'
But well enough is it to try to enforce guidelines.
In one more interesting info byte:>
"As of August 2009, 24 states have enacted statewide bans on smoking in all
enclosed public places, including bars and restaurants: Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana (effective for bars, casinos, and nightclubs
October 1, 2009), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin (effective July 5, 2010).
Still, all but Utah, Vermont, and Washington exempt tobacconists, and many also
exempt or do not cover casinos, private clubs, and/or cigar bars. In
Connecticut, Oregon, Montana, Utah, and Wisconsin, the state law preempts local
governments from enacting stricter smoking bans than the state, though some
cities and/or counties in some of those states have enacted local versions of
the state's smoking ban. In the other 19 states with a statewide general smoking
ban, some cities and/or counties have enacted stricter local smoking bans to
varying degrees."
Now we are going to have HELL unleash when smoking & drinking can no longer have
their allotted sanction to operate hand in hand.......Fists & FINGERS will RISE,
& Anger Management will be busy with uptight folks who no longer feel they have
a place to go fume their ash addiction. Question NOW will be how many will turn
to tobacco chewing??
What's better spit or dry ash??'Hair' TODAY, (Cy) .:. NET=---> Tomorrow! |
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ID: 235463 Posts: 395 | Date: 2009-09-02 23:33 First of all, spit stains and dry ash blows away. That said, most tobacco
products are almost as expensive as cigarettes themselves anymore. For those who
happen to have the ability to home roll their smokes, they have an advantage in
that they can conserve tobacco by using less in their smokes. For example, I can
spend about 50 dollars US and have smokes for a month. I do this by cutting down
on the amount of tobacco in each cigarette. I also buy three or four packs of
smokes. I smoke the packs first, cut the filters in half, and use the half
filters in the smokes I roll. This also cuts down on litter. |
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ID: 188071 Posts: 538 | Date: 2009-09-03 22:17 Gaz Young:
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding! 
Maybe a leaf out the aunt's mother's book but worked way back in the 60's...
maybe today's solution can be found by looking back to how past generations did
it
I've noticed a generation trend here in the uk, many of my age group give our
kids a far easier time than we had at their age, and the 20's & teen generations
that had kids within a year of leaving school let their kids run riot... the tv
generation
Ad's for Burger bars & pizza takeaway shops are on every 2nd or 3rd break during
kids tv so an advertising ban at least during the peak viewing hours might help
if the parents become more responsible
Taxation will increase the price, but that won't affect many with surplus income
each week... maybe the US government should do what the UK did & take all
unhealthy stuff off the school canteen menus as an incentive to eat more
healthily
In britain booze & tobacco advertising is already blanket banned everywhere
I LUV IT, GAZ..*U* read my lyrical mind.
Pink
Floyd's Pudding Theory--MEETS FOOD Control/'
lips:
I agree US should remove the availability of junk food via vending machines on
campus...
at least for those up into the age of Junior High School...Beyond that, as far
as Highschool & College--You REAP what you EAT>
And about 20 years ago some private &/or parochial/church schools were doing
just that. There were those school boards that participated within the
secular/public school system that also sought to 'combat' the battle of the
bulge, & replaced yogurt & added fresh fruits to their menu, taking away the
cake, pastries & cookies. Some eliminated SVM's=Soda Vending Machines on school
grounds, altogether... & added juice, milk & water to the quick quench access
list. But unfortunately, it took about ten more years to really kick in for
larger schools, & higher grade levels other than secondary schools, which
seemingly were mainly targeted first--at least within my residential area, where
I used to live back then.
I might also, add, taking away options for the Highschool To College Age would
mean more chances of tardies to seek junk food elsewhere. One hop in the car or
walk off school grounds will ensure a fix elsewhere. OR, worse yet, skipping the
rest of classes...In that case leave the option for desserts, etc. on campus, &
encourage a campaigning of slogan reminders for BODY IMAGE before & after JUNK
in excess./'
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As far as TV Ads for Fast Food Co's., there is no way to stop the right to
promote a business.....The Business itself is not harmful, but the consumer is
at risk for lack of self-restraint.'Hair' TODAY, (Cy) .:. NET=---> Tomorrow! |
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ID: 235463 Posts: 395 | Date: 2009-09-05 10:31 Andromeda, you don't know how much I agree with the very last comment in your
answer above. I just wish there was a way to ban, I hate to say this, all
advertising. The thing about advertising is that it went from telling us about a
product, to telling us about what we absolutely can not live without. They
overinflate the prices on these items to the point that you have to rob a bank
to be able to afford them. I'm sorry, but I am not going to send my children to
school in 200 abercrombie and fitch shirts and 290 fubu shorts with 300 nike
shoes on. Save for three suits that cost about 175 each, my whole wardrobe isn't
worth 200. I'm not trying to upset the modelling community, but I don't think an
item should be priced out of reach of the every day community. |
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ID: 235463 Posts: 395 | Date: 2009-09-05 10:33 Now that I blew my top and mstated my case which shouldn't have been stated
here, I'm sorry. Back to the subject. |
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