Originally Posted by
Nightshade
How do poor people have less of a choice exactly?
You realize it costs more money to go out and eat fast food then it does to go to the store and get a weeks supply of decent food to cook at home. That argument is the biggest pile of bullshit ever for someone to use.
Good point. Although fast food is cheap I didn't consider buying meals in bulk. I guess my point is mostly on the foods in the supermarket. Money is the prevailing factor here. If everyone could afford healthy, filling, good tasting foods that are easy to access there wouldn't be an obesity problem. The problem is that companies want the biggest bottom line and they produce foods using the cheapest (aka unhealthiest) ingredients. I think the majority of Americans know what is healthy and what is not. Forcing companies to change what is in their products will allow for a healthier selection of foods at the supermarket at a competitive price that everyone can afford because companies cannot legally do anything different.
I am worried about companies finding some other nasty, cheap ingredient. So what this law will be doing is stalling a much bigger problem. Is there enough time until this happens?