Diabetes, obesity, tooth decay, and heart attacks--yum those taste GREAT...can I have another? These also lead to an increase in Health Care costs/Health-Dental Insurance and laziness--which hurts the economy. Heck obesity has even been known to break up marriages, social rejection, and low self esteem. And what diabetic likes carrying around their 'crap'?
2007-02-24 11:04:54 · 10 answers · asked by Jeff W 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Hmmm. Obesity, tooth decay, heart attacks. Yep, have to agree with you there. Diabetes? Where the hell did you get the idea that diabetes is solely caused by what we consume?
You had a great premise going and then almost totally ruined it with your ignorance of this condition. While diabetes CAN have a dietary and/or lifestyle cause, it is generally caused by some other factor (ie genetics, age etc.). The link I've provided below should get you up to speed on it. Otherwise, great question.
Heart attacks can also have various causes (ie an injury, resulting in a venal or arterial blood-clot that travels through the heart) although the major cause is, indeed, dietary.
Even obesity can have an underlying cause, other than solely dietary. An underactive thyroid gland (Hypothyroidism), if untreated, can cause massive weight-gain and lead to obesity, among other problems. Some obese people suffer from a form of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), which causes them to form an obsession with food and to eat compulsively. Again, though, the major cause of obesity is not an underlying illness, but is solely dietary.
Tooth decay IS solely dietary, although following a strict oral hygiene routine can reduce the incidences dramatically.
While I agree that these 3 are raising Health & dental care costs, I don't believe the answer lies in making anything illegal. Better education is the answer - it isn't good enough to say that fatty foods could make you obese, or that excessive amounts of candy will give you toth decay.
That said, can you really see the soft-drink/candy manufacturers or the giant fast-food chains allowing this? Or how about the health/dental insurance companies and health/dental care providers? No. There's too much profit to be lost.
2007-02-24 12:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by Paul The Rock Ape 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do increased costs that are paid by the consumer hurt the economy? It is putting more money into the economy instead of into savings. The reason it can't be illegal is we are a country that values freedom of choice. Just because others make bad choices in your opinion doesn't make them wrong. My grandfather lived to be 89 years old(died from a complication from breaking a hip falling off a horse) and ate bacon twice a day every day. You cant tell me that outlawing fatty foods would have made hime live to 100. BTW he also loved bread dough fried in lard and smoked little cigars.
How would you like it if someone determined that your favorite food should be outlawed? Would you just kick at the ground and say "its for the good of the country"? Or would you stand up and protest? What qualifies you to say your smarter than the rest of us so you should be the one to tell us how to live our lives? What you are suggesting is the same as incrementally taking away our liberties. Just live your own life and quit worrying about me.
BTW I am heavier than I should be but I carry good health insurance. Its the price to pay for eating that pizza every Friday.
2007-02-24 11:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of people enjoy pop, candy and deep fried food. Not everyone is a diabete, and it's up to everyone to make sure they brush their teeth and go to the dentist. And as far as heart attack go, you can still have one even if you don't ever eat candy, pop or fried food. Pretty much the same way a non-smoker can still get lung cancer.
2007-02-24 11:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by Linds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well just because some people can't learn to limit their intake and have self control doesn't mean that the rest of us should suffer. I eat all of those things...IN MODERATION. Have had 3 children and am very thin, have a great marriage and my health is perfect. Never even had a cavity. So I guess my advice is to learn some self control!
2007-02-24 11:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once people have tried those foods and get hooked on them, they wouldn't want to give them up. Plus, think of how it would affect the economy if these foods were banned and these companies shut down. They're just a lose-lose situation.
2007-02-24 11:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by glacier_kn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just like how cars, smoking, alcohol, and breathing are not illegal. Cars are used to kill lots of people. Smoking causes cancer. Alcohol cirroses the liver and can lead to violence. Breathing causes oxidation of the body, which leads to eventual death.
2007-02-24 11:14:03 · answer #6 · answered by K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the government controls what we eat good or bad, who knows what else could that gradually control as well...food for thought :)
2007-02-24 11:13:53 · answer #7 · answered by Cute as button72886 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should move to a Socialist country where you will feel comfortable in having all your decisions made for you.
2007-02-24 11:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because the people who eat those foods choose their fate, the foodmakers arent "making" people eat those foods only people who want to are
2007-02-24 11:11:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you were doing OK until you reduced your statements to vulgarity and ignorance at the end
2007-02-24 11:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋