"Survey research conducted by the FDA has shown that consumers have come to rely on the food label to determine the nutritional content of the food they eat. In fact, the percentage of consumers who report that they often read a food label the first time they purchase a food rose from 44 percent in 2002 to 54 percent in 2008,” said Amy M. Lando. This shows us that people in the USA believe what the food labels tell them. But the government know that they're feeding us things that are bad for our body. In the article "FDA: Better food labeling could stem obesity" written by Elizabeth Palermo proves that the government knows what they are feeding us is bad and it's affecting our health by increasing obesity, but they keep on doing it to gain more money. The FDA is supposed to protect our rights as human beings just like the Constitution does, but they're violation our rights by lying to us about what are the ingredients in our foods. They know that those ingredients are causing obesity for many years and now after 20 years they want to change to change to provent obesity when the obesity rate in the USA is one of the highest.
Evidence: Food Inc. (2008)
"FDA: Better food labeling could stem obesity"by Elizabeth Palermo (January 25, 2013)
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Do you have any information about obesity rates in other nations? This is interesting. I am curious to know the correlation between obesity and income of specific states. For example, do "poor states" have higher rates of obesity? I think I read somewhere that Louisiana was the "fattest" state. I wonder 1. is this true? 2. if it is true, why is this the case?
Lisa Hall
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DeleteI really like evidence you provided for your viewpoint. The fact that the government set laws in 1787 to protect the individual rights of the people and make laws that also protect our health, and yet they knowingly provide food for the citizens that are unhealthy for us. I agree that United States is one of the nations with the highest obesity rates, and this is caused by the unhealthy eating habits of the people and the unhealthy food provided by the government. Most people would just look at the label on the product and decide whether or not they want to buy it, and i think it's not an effective way to determine whether the food is healthy or not. The government has the FBI to examine the food that's important into and from the united states, but still dirty things still gets trap along with the food and is eaten by us.
ReplyDelete"According to USDA rules, if 95 percent of a product is made up of organic ingredients, it can be called organic. If it's 70 percent organic, the label can read "made with organic ingredients." - Even if 95% of the product is organic, it might not be true because most of the organic products have 5% that is not organic, and it can be anything else.
Source: How much of your food labeled as organic is actually organic?
- http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/how-much-of-your-food-labeled-as-organic-is-actually-organic/250301/
I found your blog very interesting. Most of the other blogs doesn't give attention about the obesity in this country. I never thought about the whole labeling food thing, but now when i think about it and read the articles, I understand it. Most of us read before we buy, but never think about what we read is false information. Like most of juice we buy, would probably say 100 percent juice, but I know its not 100 percent TRUE. Its really sad that we can't trust the food we buy because of false labels.
ReplyDeleteEvidence that could be useful:
http://jonnybowdenblog.com/processed-meats-what’s-inside-may-kill-you/
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/82/1/262S.full
-Danisha
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DeleteI really like your blog it was very interesting you put alot of evidence into it. and i really like the part when you said The economy is growing faster with the food industry, as the popularity grows the government need to create more food and this leads to mass production of products.
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