Why Should The Government Put Regulations On What We Eat

In America there are over hundreds of thousands of people that have some type of obesity caused by many things. The government does not like obesity in many ways, so they want to put regulations on what we eat. But here are reasons they should not put regulations on what people eat; the government can spend their funds elsewhere more important, people will smuggle unauthorized food, and finally people really would not change their eating habits.

The government can go spend their funds elsewhere more important because U.S. residents will be furious if the government puts regulations on food people like to eat. The government has more important things to worry about, like the fight for cancer or even feed starving families on the streets. If the government does put regulations and ban sugary foods and drinks, they will fine businesses $200 for violating the ban (Park). And plus most people are able to make their own decisions on what they eat to be healthy. It seems that the government likes to monitor what people eat instead of looking at the families that are starving. This supports

my claim that the government needs to go focus spending their funds on stuff that is more important than watching what other people eat.

Moving on, if the ban goes through then somehow people will learn ways to smuggle unauthorized food, because the ban is most likely not going to keep people from getting 16oz or 20oz sugary drinks.

It would not make any sense to have food regulations, because honestly people could just easily get unauthorized food. Like instead of having underground casinos there will most likely be underground illegal restaurant; they will be serving fatty foods and sugary drinks, because of customer satisfaction. Yeah, obesity is a bad thing but still the government does not need to put regulations on what we eat, but to encourage us to eat healthy. So if the ban does go through people will find ways to get a hold of their favorite food. This supports my claim because the crime rate will rise and the police does not have time to be apprehending people for having food they like to

eat.

Therefore, the government should really think about it and realize that it is very hard to have people change their eating habits. At a young age children start to develop eating habits and when they become adults people want to start telling them to eat healthy when they are already use to eating the way they have for years. So it would not be a good idea to tell them to eat healthy when they are adults, but it is a good idea to train them to eat healthy when they are young. In this visual it is showing a man overindulging ice-cream while fixed in front of a poster saying “I want YOU. . . to slim down” (pletcher) and the man is labeled U.S. obesity and he simply does not care. This visual supports my claim because it shows that are people do not like being told what to do; especially by the government.

In conclusion, you know how in America there are simply hundreds of thousands of people that have obesity and it is caused by many things, but most of it is caused by simply bad eating habits. Now the government wants to put regulations on food and what people eat. A lot of people seem to disagree with the government, here are the reasons why; the government can spend their funds elsewhere more important, people will smuggle unauthorized food, and finally people really would not change their eating habits.