Re:Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks adv...
by maxxxxx on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:47AM
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“Putting warnings on things and measuring the change would be a great place to start.”
From what I see people see the warnings and calories counts and they know that these foods are not good. But they really don’t seem to know how to eat right. I hear stuff like “You don’t get enough protein from vegetarian food” or they think eating be an appetizer plus a full dinner is healthy as long as it’s organic. Or they eat baked potato chips instead of fried. The perception of what the body needs is so far from reality that it will be really hard to change.
It seems very likely that the warnings will work to some extent based on existing packaging. Anything that can be considered "healthy", even for the most dubious and small health claims, has it written on the front in big bold letters. That would imply that what goes on the packet does influence the consumer. It's possible that positive messaging has a greater impact than negative messaging, but that's something that would need studying.
Considering how messed up American eating habits are I have no idea how they could be changed.
Putting warnings on things and measuring the change would be a great place to start.