An article I read today did just that. People were saying that the government's "dithering" on obesity. I don't believe that the government is all at fault. "Departments have been slow to react to the worsening problem, and efforts to work with the food industry to change the way unhealthy products are marketed have failed, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)."
Trying to get food markets to change their products is just like asking them to throw away their money. Changing their fatty food products to healthy, unpleasable products will simply destroy their businesses. They have to please their consumers.And plus, it also depends on people's willpower. If they are determined to shed off those pounds, they will do it. All that stuff about not being to help it, or that their need to stuff themselves is uncontrollable, are all excuses. You can't just blame the government or businesses for being "slow" and apathetic about it. It's human nature to put yourself first and that's just what businesses are doing. They want more money and in their minds, the only way to do so is to sell food products that people will buy. Honestly now, if you walk into a deli and you see a delicious Entenmann's cake and then next to it is a bland, whole grain loaf of bread, which one would you choose?
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