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Think about this: in 15 years... [View all] Fridays Child Nov 2013 OP
Do away with High Fructose Corn Syrup. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #1
Wouldn't it be great, if the solution were that simple? Fridays Child Nov 2013 #4
How do you figure? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2
Not my figures. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #5
Having grown up on a family farm, I'm appalled at the amount of crap food in supermarkets. adirondacker Nov 2013 #3
And, no matter how hard we work, individually, to safeguard our own health... Fridays Child Nov 2013 #6
Oh, not so much... pipoman Nov 2013 #7
Congratulations! Fridays Child Nov 2013 #9
Thanks, pipoman Nov 2013 #13
Look at the bright side Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #8
Manslaughter. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #10
Confirmed health nut for decades since reading Diet for a New America, circa the 1970s...and I sat libdem4life Nov 2013 #11
Yes, the system will break. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #14
My son, thankfully carried through his vegan/vegetarian early years..even though rendered impossible libdem4life Nov 2013 #18
Solutions: Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #12
Your solutions seem rational. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #16
Steep Junk food tax needed--to CURB it and also to help PAY for it! ErikJ Nov 2013 #15
You're right. It is pretty obvious. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #17
And thanks for the thread...every bit of info helps someone. libdem4life Nov 2013 #19
You're welcome. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #20
Define "junk food" and how will it be assessed pipoman Nov 2013 #21
oh, great. Make it so poor people can't afford any food. How about instead of taxing junk food liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #28
This says half of "adults" - not 50% of the country - just jtuck004 Nov 2013 #22
One solution sense Nov 2013 #23
Great insight! Fridays Child Nov 2013 #24
Thermodynamics is often abused, especially by those who don't understand it ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #25
Do you have a source for that statistic? Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #26
Yes, it's shocking. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #27
Thanks for the reply ... Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #29
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