Yep, I know you are shocked. Nanny state big government programs are huge failures. We have that evidence today. You see, the government is spending boatloads of money because some hack somewhere said the key to getting people to eat fruits and vegetables was to advertise how good they are. They said, you see, the people are mindless sheep and will do whatever the telly says, so you must advertise. You must produce things at public expense telling people what they should eat. And the results? None. The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education -- fresh carrots and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit... on nutrition education -- fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you eat well. But an Associated Press review of scientific studies examining 57 such programs found mostly failure.No freaking way! I am shocked, shocked that government programs run by bureaucrats intruding on private choice do not work!
Just four showed any real success in changing the way children eat -- or promise as weapons against childhood obesity. 'Any person looking at the published literature about these programs would have to conclude that they are generally not working,' said Dr. Tom Baranowski. Last year a major federal pilot program offering free fruits and vegetables to schoolchildren showed 5th graders became less willing to eat them than they had been at the start. Apparently they didn't like the taste... In Pennsylvania, researchers gave prizes to schoolchildren who ate fruits and vegetables. That worked while the prizes were offered, but when the researchers came back seven months later the students had reverted to their original eating habits: soda and chips
Yes, and whose fault is the obesity epidemic? You are not going to believe this. The liberals go back to their old meme of class warfare. Those damn rich people are the ones who can be healthy. Poor people can't eat healthy...Huh? Read it and laugh:
Poorer children are especially at risk, because unhealthy food is cheaper and more easily available. Parents are often working, leaving children unsupervised and with access to snacks. Low-income neighborhoods have fewer good supermarkets with fresh produce. Calorie burning has become the province of the wealthy
Give me a break!
