Should government be able to regulate our eating habits? Bill to regulate resteraunt meal portions.?

Answer 1

HELL YES. The obesity rate of our country is atrocious! Have you seen the way portion size has changed from say the 1950's?? Its disgusting!

Answer 2

Since the government pays so many of our medical bills, they feel as though they have a right and responsibility to see to it that these expenses are as small as possible. One of the ways of doing this is to pass laws that regulate the restaurant industry. While well intentioned, these laws are insulting, intrusive, and further the notion that we poor, poor citizens are sadly unable to make decisions on our own regarding our health and safety, or what is known as Nannyism. It is one of many symptoms that we are no longer free, our individual rights are eroding, and that we are headed down the road to complete governmental control.

This is not a new phenomena. Already, we have printed warnings of the dire consequences of smoking, drinking adult beverages, and inserting q tips into our ears. We can be fined if we don't buckle our seat belts, wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, or compel our children to wear helmets when riding a bicycle. Any and all of these items are self evident, and those that covet the security of being as safe as possible can and should make these items a part of their life, but not under penalty of law.

It seems to me that if we allow the natural consequences of foolish behavior to occur, we are improving the gene pool. Behave stupidly and die. One less knucklehead to waste oxygen, breed stupid children, and weigh down the low end of the bell curve. However, the government doesn't see it that way. Even though we are NOT created equal, the powers that be are bound and determined to foist this foolish notion on us, which, left to run to it's logical conclusion, will lead to our downfall to those that let natural selection run it's course. Why do we think that we can do a better job than natural selection? Yeah, it's a bummer when dad has a heart attack and dies from eating Mc Donald's fries, but such is life. Life is hard. Get used to it. It is the individual's responsibility to see that he doesn't weigh 400 pounds and have clogged coronaty arteries, not the government's. Not every combination of genes is fit to face the challenges of life, and by artifically creating an environment where deficient gene combinations are allowed to survive beyond their natural span of their existance, we are creating a nightmarish scenario for oue descendants. The upper fifty per cent will be stuck with the care and feeding of the lower fifty per cent, and progress will come to a halt. Our nation, once strong, will become mired in social welfare, and leave us vulnerable to the hordes lurking outside our borders, improving their gene pool through natural selection.

Answer 3

No the government should not regulate this.

However, the FDA should put pressure on manufacturers to remove harmful or unnecessary substances in food products. For example, most of our food has too much salt and sugar. The sugar is often in the form of high fructose corn syrup. Corn syrup is a cheap filler that adds nothing to the flavor of the food but empty calories. Read the labels on canned vegetables and soups, the sodium content is very high. Again, the salt added to our food is cheap, but not good for your blood pressure.

A few years ago, a wealthy businessman lobbied to have trans fatty acids and hydrogenated oil removed from food products. He started an expansive campaign, using his own money, to put pressure on companies to use an alternative type of oil that did not clog your arteries. He was successful and he probably saved a few people from having heart attacks.

Answer 4

I don't think portions are as much the problem as the ingredients. It has been recommended that we regulate restaurants to stop using TransFats, for instance in a few difference states. There are healthier ways of cooking that still taste good. I think we should focus on that even more than portion control.

Answer 5

no of course not. If the dining public prefers smaller portions then they will go to restaurants that serve them. The restaurants that serve larger portions will have to either follow suit or lose business.
This is called democratic capitalism.

Answer 6

If your plate weighs over a pound theres something wrong

Answer 7

that's a bit too much. what ever happened to personal responsibility. I know people are stupid, no one should be able to control what you eat or how much. it would be too much like being in prison.

Answer 8

So we should put the entire nation on food rations for no particular reason except to piss people off and create a black market for junk food.

Good idea (sarcasm).

Answer 9

no never. It is people's choice to eat what every they want & how much they eat