What would be the pros and cons of the Government requiring healthy diets by law?
I know some people think healthy eating should be a choice and shouldn’t be forced by law, but hear me out, please.
* Making healthy eating mandatory could drastically reduce the number of cases and deaths of different types of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and even mental health conditions.
* It could really improve people’s quality of life.
* Children would be among those who could benefit, as their parents would no longer be able to feed them on just junk food and too much sugar.
* Even animals could benefit if their carers/farmers were also required to feed them healthier.
* This could reduce costs to the NHS.
* In places like America, it could reduce costs to the poor because they may have to take fewer doctors’ visits for the prevented health issues.
* The legal requirement could also stress on and encourage organic/local/homegrown food, helping the planet.
* Even those with eating disorders would benefit. Binge eaters, for example, would no longer be able to access and legally consume high amounts of sugar and junk food. The amount of unhealthy foods and drinks being sold in the first place could be reduced, and those caught eating an unhealthy diet/too much sugary/junk food could simply be legally required to have therapy, even if it needed to be government/nhs/charity-funded. The worst could be that they would be sent to an eating disorder recovery centre and hopefully healed.
I know some people think healthy eating should be a choice and shouldn’t be forced by law, but hear me out, please.
* Making healthy eating mandatory could drastically reduce the number of cases and deaths of different types of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and even mental health conditions.
* It could really improve people’s quality of life.
* Children would be among those who could benefit, as their parents would no longer be able to feed them on just junk food and too much sugar.
* Even animals could benefit if their carers/farmers were also required to feed them healthier.
* This could reduce costs to the NHS.
* In places like America, it could reduce costs to the poor because they may have to take fewer doctors’ visits for the prevented health issues.
* The legal requirement could also stress on and encourage organic/local/homegrown food, helping the planet.
* Even those with eating disorders would benefit. Binge eaters, for example, would no longer be able to access and legally consume high amounts of sugar and junk food. The amount of unhealthy foods and drinks being sold in the first place could be reduced, and those caught eating an unhealthy diet/too much sugary/junk food could simply be legally required to have therapy, even if it needed to be government/nhs/charity-funded. The worst could be that they would be sent to an eating disorder recovery centre and hopefully healed.