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Pastimes : Heart Attacks, Cancer and strokes. Preventative approaches
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To: jrhana who wrote (591)8/5/2008 11:33:01 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 39300
 
I think we have a public health nightmare with junk food but one that is not nearly as obvious to the American public as is the tobacco issue.

I think a lot of the problem is relativity. There is thinking that advocating, say, Raisin Bran as a health food is preferable than telling people to quit eating crap because people won't quit eating crap and Raisin Bran is better than a donut. And there's also a need for simple messages for the simple or inattentive. It's a struggle between those focusing on the doable as opposed to the perfectionists. Both mean well, I think. Unfortunately the confusing messages of the "doables" obviate greater improvements. And companies get profits from producing health-labeled near junk because that's what the customer wants. The customer wants to eat junk and feel good about it.
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