[Osx-nutters] *Big* government

[Arden]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:53 PM, mmalc crawford wrote:

> Given how resistant so much of the country seems to be to federal
> interference, and how embracing of "civil liberties", I found the
> following remarkable:
>
> 	81% of Americans "believe that the government should have a role in
> addressing the obesity crisis"
> 	<http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/WeightManagement/tb/6525>
>
> This abnegation of personal responsibility is quite astonishing.
> The simple fact of the matter is that for the vast majority of people
> there is (or was) a simple remedy, quite within everyone's grasp.
> Unless they're expecting US marshals to watch over the population at
> mealtimes and to force everyone to do a three mile walk every day?
>
> mmalc

Haven't you heard about high-fructose corn syrup? Not news.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8003-2003Mar10? 
language=printer>
The poorer you are in the USA, the more likely you are consuming  
incredible amounts of processed foods which contain high-fructose  
corn syrup. I think the government should be involved also. Limiting  
this product in school lunches and maybe funding studies examining  
the average diet and the deleterious effects of which.

In the article you reference it is the poorest state, Mississippi,  
which leads in obesity. Any connections there?

Arden