In Mark Bittman's article "Bad Food? Tax It and Subsidize Vegetables", he talks about the ideas of taxing unhealthy foods. He thinks that if he makes them more expensive people would stop buying the and choose to eat something else that is cheaper and hopefully healthier. Corporations will continue to advertise unhealthy foods as long as they keep getting paid. These corporations don't necessarily care about the consumers as much as they care about the money that is going into their pockets. In Alice Waters and Katrina Heron's article "No Lunch Left Behind", she is mainly talking about the National School Lunch program and how bad it is for the kids. The foods that are served do not meet the food standards and the kids aren't getting the proper nutrition that thy need. These children are being taught at a old age to eat the wrong this. The obese rates are going to keep rising especially when the kids continue to eat unhealthy.
For my research project i am talking about low income areas and why they have so many unhealthy places for the people to eat without having healthier resources.
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That is a really interesting topic actually. Although my topic has nothing to do with low income areas, I still think it is intriguing to look at and hear about. I'll be sure to check out the article here to learn more.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with Waters. I don't even trust school lunches, but if I knew that they were serving real, good food, I would be the first in line for it. The part about kids learning the wrong way to eat is completely true also. Moreover, since I have experienced junk food, I would be mad if they increased the cost of my food as envisioned in Bittman's article.
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