The Government and Food Policies Food policies have been around for decades, and many of these policies are outdated. Many people do not want the government to get more involved with updating these policies because of the fear that it will raise taxes making it harder on low income families. There is also the new federal lunch guidelines which limit the schools food menu and tighten their budgets. This causes the schools to have to raise their prices on their menus that some families are already cannot afford. While the government should relax on some policies, they should show more concern with others. The government should play a more active role in food policies concerning additives and nutrition labels, diet- related issues, and health
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Genetics does play a role in diseases, but the amount of unhealthy and unnatural food that we consume are also a cause for concern (Kiener, 2014, p. 819). Our bodies were not made to be nourished by all of the inorganic materials that we consume these days. As history has shown, our country was healthier before all of the additives and junk food were put out in the markets. Kiener informs that our eating habits have caused “more than 30 percent of U.S. adults and 17 percent of adolescents to be obese.” The government cannot afford to not take some kind of action with that number at almost half of the population of this country. The additives that are allowed to be added to our foods are slowly killing the people of this country. As Lisa M. Powell and Frank J. Chaloupka from the University of Illinois at Chicago state, “Indeed, the risks to public health associated with obesity are numerous and have been well documented to include, for example, premature death, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, asthma, breathing problems, cancer, high blood cholesterol, complications of pregnancy, menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, stress incontinence, and depression” (2009, p.232). These medical issues could decrease or even cease to exist if regulations on foods were more organized and the additives were better tested. The foods that are now produced are slowly killing the people of this
Genetics does play a role in diseases, but the amount of unhealthy and unnatural food that we consume are also a cause for concern (Kiener, 2014, p. 819). Our bodies were not made to be nourished by all of the inorganic materials that we consume these days. As history has shown, our country was healthier before all of the additives and junk food were put out in the markets. Kiener informs that our eating habits have caused “more than 30 percent of U.S. adults and 17 percent of adolescents to be obese.” The government cannot afford to not take some kind of action with that number at almost half of the population of this country. The additives that are allowed to be added to our foods are slowly killing the people of this country. As Lisa M. Powell and Frank J. Chaloupka from the University of Illinois at Chicago state, “Indeed, the risks to public health associated with obesity are numerous and have been well documented to include, for example, premature death, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, asthma, breathing problems, cancer, high blood cholesterol, complications of pregnancy, menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, stress incontinence, and depression” (2009, p.232). These medical issues could decrease or even cease to exist if regulations on foods were more organized and the additives were better tested. The foods that are now produced are slowly killing the people of this