[Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?

[Jay Borden]

Right... I forgot about the Happy Meal thing in San Francisco... that
was their "Healthy Meal Inventive" plan...


http://www.eatbettermovemore.org/sa/policies/policy_detail.php?s_Search=
meal&policyID=361



Jay


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of lfalen
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:35 AM
To: Tom Hansen
Cc: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?

Read the news. San Francisco has banned Happy Meals and New York City
has also placed restrictions on what restaurants can serve. I do not
recall of hand what they were.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:00:40 -0800
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?

> Roger Falen's unsubstantiated implication . . .
> 
> "It is not right for any government to regulate what people eat."
> 
> Question, Mr. Falen:   Just how is your implication, that the
government regulates what people eat, substantiated? Orissa this simply
another "Because I said so" moment?
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> On Nov 30, 2011, at 10:39 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> 
> > There is some merit is a part of what you said. Government should
prohibit false advertizing and it is legitimate to provide nutritional
and health information. It is not right for any government to regulate
what people eat. Just provide information and then it it up to the
individual on what they do with that information.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:36:15 -0800
> > To: Art Deco deco at moscow.com, "Vision2020 at moscow.com"
Vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?
> > 
> >> I can say as someone that use to be morbidly obese before I lost 95
lbs, it comes down to education. So I think that people that are an
unhealthy weight and want employers or the taxpayers to flip the bill
for their medical expenses, should be required to take educational
courses on diet, exercise, food, and nutrition. 
> >>  
> >> Most people overweight don't want to be. It isn't just about will
power or exercise. It is about knowing what to do to avoid losing the
ability to resist bad choices and how to make good choices that lead to
better choices later on. Approaching weight control as if you must
resist food and force yourself to exercise is living a hellish nightmare
that will only lead to psychiatric problems and eventual failure. That
is the wrong way to change your life and your health. I am not within 25
lbs of my ideal weight instead of 120 because I am able to resist
donuts. I am this weight now because I educated myself and kicked the
addictions of smoking, drinking, soda, fast food, high fructose corn
syrup, and I enjoy walking and doing things. I have a donut when the
mood strikes me, but it doesn't strike me 10 times a day like it use to.

> >>  
> >> Obese and all people do need protection from ignorance and the
barrage of false claims about food and what is good and bad for you.
Much of our food is drugged with chemicals to make you addicted to it.
Much of our food also contains high fructrose corn syrup, which is
sugar. Diet soda, even though it has 0 calories, can easily make a
person gain 15-50lbs of excess weight and also cause high blood pressure
and diabetes. People need proper education so they can live healthier
lives. So yes, they need protection. They need protection from the
government and advertisers that push addictive garbage and sugar as
food. 
> >>  
> >> Donovan Arnold
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Art Deco <deco at moscow.com>
> >> To: Vision2020 at moscow.com 
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:34 AM
> >> Subject: [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Should Legislation Protect the Obese? 
> >> NY Times OP/ED 
> >> 
> >>
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/11/28/should-legislation-prote
ct-obese-people/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 
> >>   
> >>   
> >> Wayne A. Fox
> >> wayne.a.fox at gmail.com
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