One argument that these government solutions to obesity has had is that by adding the calories and the nutritional values to the menu of a restaurant for each meal item it has taken away the joy of eating out. A counterargument to this provided by Wendy Rotelli at restaurants.com is that by releasing this data to the general public researchers and government officials hope to properly inform civilians in an attempt to help them make better decisions for there health while eating out (Wendy Rotelli at restaurants.com). A second argument towards the government solutions provided is that some researches believe that by raising taxes on junk foods or foods that have little to no nutritional value many people in the production business for these foods will lose there jobs. A counterargument for this would be that many researchers also say that the loss of jobs would not be as devastating as the cost of a raised rate of obesity (Alexandra Sifferlin/ Time Magazine). By putting these changes into effect government could easily see big changes in the obesity
One argument that these government solutions to obesity has had is that by adding the calories and the nutritional values to the menu of a restaurant for each meal item it has taken away the joy of eating out. A counterargument to this provided by Wendy Rotelli at restaurants.com is that by releasing this data to the general public researchers and government officials hope to properly inform civilians in an attempt to help them make better decisions for there health while eating out (Wendy Rotelli at restaurants.com). A second argument towards the government solutions provided is that some researches believe that by raising taxes on junk foods or foods that have little to no nutritional value many people in the production business for these foods will lose there jobs. A counterargument for this would be that many researchers also say that the loss of jobs would not be as devastating as the cost of a raised rate of obesity (Alexandra Sifferlin/ Time Magazine). By putting these changes into effect government could easily see big changes in the obesity