Why don’t Americans give a f*** about what they eat?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all sound like Randian libertarians. Just because schools serve lunches to children doesn't mean they should serve healthy lunches.

What?!?

And you sound like a lazy parent. Heaven forbid parents show some accountability and raise their own kids. Childhood health and nutrition falls squarely on the parents’ choices. Stop trying to eschew accountability and punt to the school.

Libertarians are nuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Wake up 20 minutes earlier. And if you can’t feed your kids, you should think twice about having them.

Wow, what a narrow mind.

You do realize that even if your soldier through and make every meal at home for your kids, they will still be exposed to crappy food at parties, when they go see their friends, when they go out to eat, when they go to college? Even if they manage to grow up healthy they will be a drop in a bucket of sickly, fat generation and will have to deal with consequences as a society.

You seriously think you can live in a bubble and it won’t impact you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason some pps here can't admit the fault of their country's government is not regulating the food industry, and all surrounding it is the same as any inability.
They think they live in the greatest country on earth! But, they have no idea what life in any other country is like.

America is a great country which you are free to leave if you do not like it. You also have the freedom to eat what you want and the personal responsibility to control your health. I do not need mindless government employees telling me how to beet live my life. I’ve got this.

[Anonymous]

Beet s/b best.

[Anonymous]

You do realize that even if your soldier through and make every meal at home for your kids, they will still be exposed to crappy food at parties, when they go see their friends, when they go out to eat, when they go to college? Even if they manage to grow up healthy they will be a drop in a bucket of sickly, fat generation and will have to deal with consequences as a society.

You seriously think you can live in a bubble and it won’t impact you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just think about how wrong it is to say: "I'd never let the school feed my kids!"
Imagine that being said in Frane, Japan, South Korea?
Where people are demanding accountability! From schools and their governments.
But, here we elect our officials.... so they can serve huge corporations!
Bravo America.

+10000

Schools get away with serving crap to kids, but it’s average Joe’s fault for eating it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Your friend's daughter definitely has Type 1, previously aka juvenile diabetes. It is VERY different from Type 2, is not caused by eating too much food or eating wrong food, or not moving enough. In fact, the cause (or, probably, causes) are still unknown.

Riiight. That’s what you are led to believe.

I wonder then why T1 diabetes rates have been steadily rising at the same time with T2 diabetes? Maybe, and I’m just throwing it out there, maybe diseases of endocrine system as well as other diseases do have something to do with what you eat.

Even if food is causing T1 diabetes in some way, it is certainly absolutely different from the mechanisms that cause T2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason some pps here can't admit the fault of their country's government is not regulating the food industry, and all surrounding it is the same as any inability.
They think they live in the greatest country on earth! But, they have no idea what life in any other country is like.

America is a great country which you are free to leave if you do not like it. You also have the freedom to eat what you want and the personal responsibility to control your health. I do not need mindless government employees telling me how to beet live my life. I’ve got this.

+1. But it sure would be nice to eat a burrito the size of a small child and then say “Look what the corporations made me do!”

[Anonymous]

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DP. I see that the Americans you criticize are in the same boat as you, and I'm not sure how this translates into other individuals here being worse than you. You found yourself in the same boat as them, and you ended up at the same place.

That seems like it should lead to a criticism of corporate interests, etc., not individual people. I mean, I presume you can vote and do whatever advocacy you feel is warranted, just as much as those individuals can, and that it has just the same odds of success.

That’s the point. We should be advocating for healthy school lunches and regulating food industry, setting standards for restaurant and store bought food and their marketing campaigns.

But no one cares. Like this thread people think it’s about personal choice and don’t hold the system accountable.

Actually, people in this thread have said repeatedly that they DO care, and that they take the initiative to make healthy food choices rather than waiting for “the system” to do it for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y'all sound like Randian libertarians. Just because schools serve lunches to children doesn't mean they should serve healthy lunches.

What?!?

And you sound like a lazy parent. Heaven forbid parents show some accountability and raise their own kids. Childhood health and nutrition falls squarely on the parents’ choices. Stop trying to eschew accountability and punt to the school.

Libertarians are nuts.

This is exactly the problem with childhood obesity. Parents refuse to believe they have any responsibility and calling for parental accountability is “nuts”. These poor kids will grow up believing that they have no control over their food choices or obesity- all to their detriment. The government won’t make you thin or healthy, sweetheart

[Anonymous]

I don’t think people realize that food options in other countries aren’t that different, at least in Europe. We have way more choices here.

And yeah, some people care. Michelle Obama tried really hard to get healthier foods into school lunches and she was met with tons of backlash from Republicans.

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Actually, people in this thread have said repeatedly that they DO care, and that they take the initiative to make healthy food choices rather than waiting for “the system” to do it for them.

It’s saying you’re content with schools serving crappy food, food industry producing crappy food, restaurants serving crappy food. That part you’re fine with.
You put responsibility on an individual to somehow survive and thrive in this environment.

That’s nuts. And also doesn’t work if you noticed American health statistics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y'all sound like Randian libertarians. Just because schools serve lunches to children doesn't mean they should serve healthy lunches.

What?!?

And you sound like a lazy parent. Heaven forbid parents show some accountability and raise their own kids. Childhood health and nutrition falls squarely on the parents’ choices. Stop trying to eschew accountability and punt to the school.

Libertarians are nuts.

This is exactly the problem with childhood obesity. Parents refuse to believe they have any responsibility and calling for parental accountability is “nuts”. These poor kids will grow up believing that they have no control over their food choices or obesity- all to their detriment. The government won’t make you thin or healthy, sweetheart

Maybe you haven’t noticed, but in the past year, Americans have basically refused to take personal responsibility for anything. Their crappy food choices are no different. There’s always someone or something to blame.

[Anonymous]

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You do realize that even if your soldier through and make every meal at home for your kids, they will still be exposed to crappy food at parties, when they go see their friends, when they go out to eat, when they go to college? Even if they manage to grow up healthy they will be a drop in a bucket of sickly, fat generation and will have to deal with consequences as a society.

You seriously think you can live in a bubble and it won’t impact you?

This. Is. What. It. Is. Like. In. Every. Wealthy. Industrialised. Country.

I know because I've lived in five of them. We need to focus on educating people about food, exercise, and personal choices, not on trying to get governments to regulate food choices, because that isn't going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Your friend's daughter definitely has Type 1, previously aka juvenile diabetes. It is VERY different from Type 2, is not caused by eating too much food or eating wrong food, or not moving enough. In fact, the cause (or, probably, causes) are still unknown.

Riiight. That’s what you are led to believe.

I wonder then why T1 diabetes rates have been steadily rising at the same time with T2 diabetes? Maybe, and I’m just throwing it out there, maybe diseases of endocrine system as well as other diseases do have something to do with what you eat.

Even if food is causing T1 diabetes in some way, it is certainly absolutely different from the mechanisms that cause T2.

DP. You're defensively saying that 1 is autoimmune and that T2 is caused by bad diet. That's wrong. They're both genetic and they're both treated similarly. There's no division on the diabetes boards. There shouldn't be here either.