Should The Governments of the World do more to tackle obesity and Malnutrition ?

April 2, 2012 5:57pm CST
Obesity and Malnutrition , is by no means , a nice way to die , but it happens every single day . The governments allow it to happen every day , but what are they doing to stop this ?. Third world countries are dying from malnutrition and disease , whilst western countries are loading calories and packing on the pounds with cheap and easy to aquire factory processed foods . Is it that hard to give a country that has nothing , the means of sustaining life ? And is it so hard to help nations that are eating themselves into an early grave , see the errorrs of theire ways ? What's your thoughts ? In the ideal world , what would you like to see happen ?
2 responses
@06MLam (620)
3 Apr 12
Either of these two problems is faced by most countries in the world. Unfortunately, people like the processed food and fast food. Therefore, I think the government in the western world should set rules on the ingredients of the food and also teach people to live in a healthy style. Since exercise can also help to control obesity and related disease, the government should encourage people to do more exercise, simply walk for a few more minutes each day rather than just staying in the office for the whole day. In the developing countries, food is not sustainable for most of the time due to the extreme waether. I think the rest of the world should try to stop the activities that can lead to global warming and try to donate some money or food to these countries. The people in the developing country should also try to use new method in argriculture so as to increase their crop yield. They should also learn ways to control disease and maintian good hygiene so that less people will be suffering from disease and more clean and safe food and water can be secured.
• United States
3 Apr 12
Yes and no, if the government controls everything then what makes our democratic government different from communism? On the other hand, they could regulate what is going into or onto the human body. Just making companies say what a thing is instead of the scientific name could help. (Like food coloring can come from bugs) Maybe less harsh chemicals just for texture? People are typically selfish and don't see much past them, so while some people help, those countries will not be getting better in a short period of time. In the ideal world? The average standard of living being brought up and people making more informed decisions.