Mountain Dew Epidemic
With our nation being the most obese country there is, that is telling you something. We eat too much, and too much of the wrong things. Why are we not like the Oriental Cultures, who eat good nutritional food and of course are not overweight. You think that we would catch on, and notice that we have a problem. If 1 out of every 4 people are overweight, think about it, we definitely have a problem. Our nation should do everything in its power to prevent this from happening. Being overweight leads to disabilities, chronic heart problems, respiratory problems, diabetes, etc. It is affecting so many people out there, that you would think we would try a little harder to prevent this. What are we trying to do to prevent all these problems? We are
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I know that when I wake up in the morning, that I crave either a coffee, or a Mountain Dew. The coffee craving doesn’t bother me too much. I don’t feel bad about having that addiction. But when I crave a Mountain Dew in the morning, I know that I have a problem. I know I need to kick the habit, and it’s not killing me right now. Nobody thinks about the future effects of what they are doing. If it isn’t hurting me now, then who really cares? A typical vending machine can make a average of $250 a day. If we increase the tax on what comes out of the vending machines, where will that extra money really go? Right back to the companies trying to sell you there products. A study followed over 5,000 people for a period of 20 years, tracking their food consumption, height, weight, and blood sugar levels. Researchers also tracked changes in food prices during this same period, and found that incremental increases in the prices of soda and delivery pizza were associated with incremental decreases in consumption of these items. For every 10% increase in cost, there was a 7% decrease in the number of soda calories consumed, and an 11.5% decrease in a pizza calories consumed. Using the numbers obtained in their study, the authors suggested that an 18% surcharge on soda and junk food alone can reduce average daily calorie consumption by 56 calories per person per day, which would mean a weight loss of 5 pounds per person over a
I know that when I wake up in the morning, that I crave either a coffee, or a Mountain Dew. The coffee craving doesn’t bother me too much. I don’t feel bad about having that addiction. But when I crave a Mountain Dew in the morning, I know that I have a problem. I know I need to kick the habit, and it’s not killing me right now. Nobody thinks about the future effects of what they are doing. If it isn’t hurting me now, then who really cares? A typical vending machine can make a average of $250 a day. If we increase the tax on what comes out of the vending machines, where will that extra money really go? Right back to the companies trying to sell you there products. A study followed over 5,000 people for a period of 20 years, tracking their food consumption, height, weight, and blood sugar levels. Researchers also tracked changes in food prices during this same period, and found that incremental increases in the prices of soda and delivery pizza were associated with incremental decreases in consumption of these items. For every 10% increase in cost, there was a 7% decrease in the number of soda calories consumed, and an 11.5% decrease in a pizza calories consumed. Using the numbers obtained in their study, the authors suggested that an 18% surcharge on soda and junk food alone can reduce average daily calorie consumption by 56 calories per person per day, which would mean a weight loss of 5 pounds per person over a