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Originally Posted by HardDrive
Sometimes the level of ignorance, arrogance and stupidity of the American public takes your breath away.
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I see your point and it is perhaps the most valid I've seen in a rational discussion.
Clearly, parents have failed in instilling good eating habits.
Schools took the money grab and installed Coke machines and offered everything under the sun for lunch.
We have become an immediate gratification, 5-minute-into-the-future planning, Walmart sale, service-based economy where hard work is frowned upon, country.
Who is going to step up to the plate and fix our eating habits?
Will parents all of sudden wake up and say they've got to help their kids?
Will doctors design and implement a nationwide strategy to educate parents? Will schools serve only the healthiest of foods?
Will schools serve only the most nutritious meals to students?
Will 2-parent incomes figure out a way to eat nutritious meals around a dinner table as a family versus grab and go processed crap?
Will Government install weight-o-meters in every restaurant in the country and if you don't measure up, you can only order from a special menu mandated by DC bureaucrats?
Will Government dictate what you can and cannot eat as they have already done banning trans-fats here in MA and NYC?
HD, you've nailed a solid 25% of the problem with the US Healthcare problem: the patients.
How are you going to fix the psyche of our country? Parents, Schools, Government? We know who should fix it:
Parents: 75% by setting standards at home
Schools: 10% by serving only good food in school
Doctors: 10% By monitoring family health and advising as needed
Government: 5% by informing that a well-balanced diet of ABCD is key
How is will that be accomplished in the standard 2-parent income, keep up with the Jones', need a new XYZ NOW, latchkey kid America we have today?