Government Tells You How to Eat
The government is
updating their guidelines for healthy eating, including the "food pyramid" that you find printed on the sides of cereal boxes. I love this part:
The servings of fruits and vegetables would be expanded to five to 13, from the current five to nine. The expansion would be part of the committee's plan to allow more room for individual differences, so people with high-revving metabolisms, such as active teenagers, could eat more.
As if the teenagers couldn't eat more without the government's permission.
Getting people to apply the proposed principals will be a challenge. While about 80 percent of people know about the current pyramid, less than 5 percent follow its suggestions, Hentges said.
Hentges said the government would use its nutrition agencies, such as the food stamp programs, to get out the word. The government also has hired communications consultants to make sure consumers understand the messages.
Only 5% of people follow the rules! Oh no!
I wonder how long until someone decides to take legal action against people who don't follow the national food guidelines, on the basis of fat people costing the nation health care dollars. You laugh, but they're already fining people in Pittsburgh for not recycling. It's not much of a stretch to see that mindset transferred to eating habits.
Posted by Blog Jones at August 12, 2004 10:27 PM
| Category: Politics
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