[legion]

Do research. LOTS of people died of starvation or malnutrition-related conditions in the U.S. prior to WWII. People were not healthier. They were shorter (a sign of insufficient calorie intake) and died earlier.

And yes, what is not a big price increase to some of you would mean mass starvation at the bottom of the economic scale. The poor in this country are often obese because the cheap foods have high caloric content. Force the agriculture industry to use certain methods to make you feel better about yourself, and those foods will dissapear. All that will be left is relatively low-calorie foods at high prices. It will be a double-whammy for the poor.