Banning fast food restaurants?
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Banning fast food restaurants?
| Tue, 07-22-2008 - 4:02pm |
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121668254978871827.html?mod=yhoofront
Interesting article. Curious how you all feel about all the new and/or proposed food/restaurant regulations?




I don't think legislation banning fast food is the answer.
I agree-parents need to be responsible in helping to educate their children about healthy eating. There are a few things that I do agree with, like NYC having to list calorie counts of foods. Restaurant menus are so hard to judge--often something "looks" healthy, but there are sneaky ingredients in there that, if you were making it at home, you probably would not include, and that make the dish out to be not as good a choice as we might think. So I think the calorie counts are helpful to alot of people.
When we went to the Mets game a couple of weeks ago, the menus we used for ordering listed caloric information.
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I totally agree on the poverty issues - part of the reason we got stuck in the "fast food trap" that led to a lot of our weight gain was that it was a cheap way to feed us. I mean, back then I could get both my kids Happy Meals for a total of $3.75 The whole family could eat at McD's for under $10 - and like you said, it filled you up (in a bad way, but still - when you are dead broke, you need your stomach filled for whatever you can)
An interesting thought - what if fast food was MORE expensive? For example, other things that are considered kind of "indulgent" things have sin taxes - alcohol, cigarettes, etc. A LOT of people end up quitting smoking not only because of health reason but because its become a VERY expensive habit nowadays. I wonder what would happen if fast food became a very expensive habit too? I certainly wouldn't be against them imposing extra taxes on it and putting that money toward nutritional education programs.
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