minimum legal age for buying or eating so-called "junk food."
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
January 10, 2009 1:43pm CST
I came across an extraordinary document while surfing the web. There is a proposed ban on people under a certain age obtaining junk food. That wonderful stuff that that is sooo good to eat but can contribute to love handles if you eat too much of it?"Sorry Johnny, you can't buy cigarettes, beer, naughty magazines, or potato chips until your 21!"New Zealand's Ministry of Health has published a document suggesting that there should be a minimum legal age for buying or eating so-called "junk food." Under the Ministry's broad definition, this plan would outlaw the sale of hamburgers, soda, pies, candy, and chocolate to anyone without the proper ID. One Kiwi activist from a group calling itself "Fight the Obesity Epidemic" (appropriately abbreviated FOE) told The New Zealand Herald that he also wants government controls on all foods sold within a kilometer of any school. http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/1896
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
19 Jan 09
Some households would loose cops in avalanches of both!
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
19 Jan 09
I don't know, this Nanny business is getting scary.
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@sweetashoney (3594)
• United States
10 Jan 09
To me that is so stupid, I have eaten this kind of food all my life and I am not over weight. What they don't seem to understand is its not what you eat its how much of that junk you eat all the time. I eat junk food but I also eat home cooked meals also. I do believe that people should limit the amount of junk food that they give little children though,my grandchild is five and all she eats is junk food. You can't hardly get her to eat a nutritious meal. I feel like if she didn't eat junk food all day long that she would eat her meals when she sat down at diner time.
What was the age that they were talking about before the person could but junk food?
@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
12 Jan 09
More and more studies are showing that genetics play a big role in how fat a person will be through their lives. That doesn't mean "Eat every burger in McDonald's" because Junk food causes other problems. But what age is the right age for junk decision? The story didn't say. Maybe they didn't know yet?
