After all, diabetes, heart disease, and other health issues related to obesity are costing the American public untold amounts of money each year. We are paying through the nose to dole out medical care to the uninsured. And even those that are insured cost the system by raising insurance rates.
This is the same logic used to make seat belts and motorcycle helmets mandatory, as well as some efforts to ban smoking all together (I'm not talking about second hand smoke).
Does it make sense? If so, where will it end?
2006-06-24 12:54:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
murdering people is illegal but that dosen't stop people from doing it
2006-06-24 12:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is good in little amounts. I am going to eat my freaking oreos even if someone with no self control decided to get fat and die from them. Sorry, reality bites.
I hate it when people are like o if you are going to ban smoking you might as well ban junk food, too. That is so dumb. Smoking affects more than those who are doing it. Eating junk food just makes you fat. I don't care if you are a fatty!
2006-06-24 20:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by otexasgirlo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No we should not, people should get of their fat asse* and start exercising. People should teach their kids to make healthy choices during the day and they can have a treat at night. It is not the junk foods fault that people over eat themselves into fatness or anything else, people need to know their limits get exercise and eat the right foods and that one candy bar a day is not going to make a differance.
2006-06-24 20:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But it should definitely be illegal for junk food junkies to display too much flesh in public. No Fat chicks in Bikinis! Pleas God, I live in Texas. If I am visually violated one more time, I'm afraid I'll turn into a hermaphrodite.
2006-06-24 21:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by david b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
People have to take responsability for their actions, however, if you eat junk food, smoke, drink lots, do drugs, etc... your health premiums should be sky high.
Wanna be an idiot? Fine...your choice...but you pay th piper through the nose.
2006-06-24 20:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by Rick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ban genetically modified food, that is the real coz of obesity. dont cut the leaves cut the roots
2006-06-24 20:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, we should not ban junk food. just that americans (and other ppl) should control how much they eat. also mcdonalds should go back to their 200 calorie burgers like many years ago.
2006-06-24 19:59:40 · answer #7 · answered by fukuoka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋