[Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?

[Carl Westberg]

I spent a couple of weeks in North Carolina a few years ago, and if there is one thing that should be banned there, it's sweet tea.  I think one sip from a glass of that stuff probably supplies all the sugar a person should have for about the next seventeen years......

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:38:57 -0800
From: jborden at datawedge.com
To: thansen at moscow.com; lfalen at turbonet.com
CC: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?



 North Carolina has banned hamburgers from being served rare…http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/north-carolina-rare-burger-ban_n_861306.html  New York City was moving forward on a plan to regulate the amount of salt contained in restaurant food… (don’t know how far they got)…http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science/New-York-leads-plan-to-cut-salt-intake-and-save-0.8m-lives  That’s a cursory glance at how government regulates what people are eating… you could probably find more granular and specific examples if you wanted to dig further.    (Doesn’t the USDA oversee the entire federal school lunch program...    I’m pretty sure they do).  Jay From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:01 AM
To: lfalen
Cc: Vision2020 at moscow.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 HansenMoscow, 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
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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 AMSubject: [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-protect-obese-people/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1     Wayne A. Foxwayne.a.fox at gmail.com =======================================================List services made available by First Step Internet,serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.              http://www.fsr.net          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com======================================================= 
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