Summary Of Evolutions Sweet Tooth By Michael R. Lieberman

Alcohol was once prohibited but then allowed, now large sugar drinks are going to be prohibited. Michael R. Bloomberg a mayor of New York City wants to prohibit the sale of sugary drinks larger than sixteen ounces in an effort to combat obesity. An article titled “Evolutions’ Sweet Tooth” by Daniel E. Lieberman published June 6, 2012 argues that banning of large sugary drinks is the wrong decision to make. Lieberman argues that banning sugary drinks is wont help stop obesity because obesity “at heart it’s a biological problem.” Lieberman supports Bloomberg’s ban on sugary drinks because he states that humans have “evolved to crave sugar.” Bloomberg’s idea on the banning of sugar drinks drew some criticism some people opposed the ban while others
In his article Lieberman is supportive of Mayor Bloomberg’s idea because Lieberman believes that humans have naturally evolved to crave sugar. Lieberman states “Simply put, humans evolved to crave sugar, store it, and then use it.” Lieberman also provides more evidence on why people crave sugar he states “Our hunter gatherers ancestors needed plenty of fat ---- more than other primates ---- to be active.” Lieberman states three options that one could choose to stop obesity. The first option is as he states, “Do nothing, while hoping scientists find better cures for obesity—related diseases.” He then states the second option which is more popular to “Enhance public education to make better decisions about what to eat and how to be active.” The third option as he states is “to collectively restore our diets to a more natural state through regulations.” His third option is to ban more foods to make our diets similar to our “hunter--gatherer ancestors.” Lieberman’s focus is not trying to combat obesity on adults but on children he states, “I think we should focus paternalistic laws on children.” His reason for this is because children cannot make decisions about what to eat by themselves he states, “Youngsters can’t make rational, informed decisions about their bodies.” Lieberman then states that all unhealthy food be banned he says “We should ban all unhealthy food in school--- Soda, Pizza, French fries.” Lieberman supports