Re:Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating health...
by nl on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:31AM
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So why bother increasing the costs - besides for control and power?
Because it is killing people
Basically, at the moment we don't know for sure what's best, and we can't.
We may not know what is best, but we do know some things that are extremely harmful.
We know that eating extremely calorie-dense foods is a contributing factor to obesity. Beside the many studies that show this (which may or may not meet your somewhat unusual standards) we can rely on chemistry and biology.
It's easy to calculate how many calories someone eats based on their diet. It's easy to calculate how many calories they burn based on their lifestyle.
If the amount they eat is in excess of what they burn, they gain weight. In children some of that goes towards growing, but it's easy to calculate that too based on average growth weights.
Because it is killing people
Basically, at the moment we don't know for sure what's best, and we can't.
We may not know what is best, but we do know some things that are extremely harmful.
We know that eating extremely calorie-dense foods is a contributing factor to obesity. Beside the many studies that show this (which may or may not meet your somewhat unusual standards) we can rely on chemistry and biology.
It's easy to calculate how many calories someone eats based on their diet. It's easy to calculate how many calories they burn based on their lifestyle.
If the amount they eat is in excess of what they burn, they gain weight. In children some of that goes towards growing, but it's easy to calculate that too based on average growth weights.