Healthy choices are always more expensive than bad choices. In “A Tax That Invests in Our Health” by Richard F. Daines, he remarks the reason that people prefer bad choice over healthy choice. He writes, Healthy choices are rising in price while the cost of bad choices falls. Low-fat milk costs more than soda. So grocery stores in poorer neighborhoods stock less milk and more soda, and the relentless advertising from the beverage industry and fast food joints makes sweet drinks an expected part of daily living.
He viewed the problems of fast food causing obesity as being more toward person responsibility. As he sees it, people are now bringing “government between you and your waistline.” This is backed up by politicians across the chart. George Bush marked “$200 million in his budget for anti-obesity measures.” With the government as talking about creating a fat-tax on foods with high calories. He believes that this is not the way to go. His thoughts lean toward having the government more involved with creating a sense of personal responsibility of our own health and the way we eat.
He talks about how resources are limited and the more people there are in this world, the more the competion there will be. His conclusion is that the United States, by aiding povish countries, are just barely keeping them alive enough to reproduce more that results in more people living a miserable existence. Those who can not provide should not reproduce which will result in the death of the excess people that eventually leads to equilibrium because their will be more to offer. Montgomery also peeks some interest in his morbid, yet sadly logical theory, by bringing to the attention of his readers how it will improve the economy. The over population problem also correlates with unemployment.
Besides, if chains closed every time they lost money, there would be a huge loss in just the opening and reopening phases of a business. Consumers of Company Q's have requested that the company provide more health oriented products. After years of requests, Company Q's stores have began to offer a limited variety of products that are better for its consumers. However, of all the viable options of products to carry, Company Q only retains high margin items, that is, items that have a higher profit margin. While it is a positive thing for the company to recognize it's community's need for better foods, keeping only expensive health foods is almost like monopolizing the consumer's health in exchange for
Christie Lobo A Table: Knowing What To Eat Professor Anna Woodrow April 4th, 2012 In chapter 7 of Paul Robert’s Book “The End of Food”, the main point being argued is that our food production and distribution system is so focused producing as much food as possible and as quick and cheaply as possible that it is creating new risks for food-borne illness. On page 178 of chapter 7, Roberts describes the parallels between the increase in more resistant pathogens and the emergence the industrialized food system. Because worldwide distribution is one of its primary focuses, it is now possible for previously isolated pathogens to be transported between different countries a lot easier, and the fact that we can now buy food anywhere and anytime gives way to faster pathogen distribution. Even though transportation and access to food has become increasingly easier, the main cause of pathogenic distribution lies within our food production. “Nearly everything about the way we make food today – from how we use land and manage animals to the ways we process and distribute our finished products – has presented our adaptive and entrepreneurial microrivals with a steady progression of opportunities”.
Programs to improve agriculture in poor nations B. Supply food > more people > deplete other resources C. Quality of life for future generations is diminished D. USA can be accused of destroying poor nations by giving food, leading to the destruction of their environments IX. Immigration Creates a
He said that “we are eating up our capital, rather than living on what we produce and we take this as sign as being prosperity, rather than a sign of which we are using our capital. He state that the more we chop down our forests and sell off our minerals and use up the fertility of our soils, the more our Gross National Product increases. We only take what we want from the earth and leave behind toxic chemicals dumps, polluted streams, oil slicks on the oceans, and nuclear wasted that will be deadly for tens of thousands of years. The economy is sub-system of the biosphere, and its rapidly running up against the limits of the largest system. Since 1950, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has climbed by more than it did in the previous two
In America, whoever has the big bucks controls how things are run. With money, there is no boundary to what can be done. According to the video, “Food Inc.” a perfect sample of the want for more is in the food industry. The narrator makes the argument that profit is put before the consumer’s welfare, the heritage of the American farmer, workers safety, and our precious environment (Food Inc.) in many major corporations. I firmly believe that these corporations have put to the side and have purposely tried to hide the actuality about how unhealthy the food they create truly is for the American community.
Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography Thesis statement: The current USDA recommendations regarding the consumption of unlimited amounts of unrefined carbohydrates are flawed. Current research shows that all carbohydrates, both simple and complex, lead to an increase in weight, diabetes, and heart disease. In order to combat the obesity epidemic, people must return to the foods our ancestor ate during the last hundred-thousand years of evolution. These foods consisted of meats, fats, fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains (in small amounts), and natural sugar such as honey. Annotated Bibliography Adult Obesity Facts.
Mass production may not be perfect, but it is not bad. Mass production can be used to achieve a healthier nation by not injecting animals with growth hormones. Fast food is also very unhealthy and cause many diseases. Fast food contains more calories. Not only does past contain more calories but it also contains more unhealthy fat.