[lbo-talk] Diabetes and Individual Choice

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Mon Jan 9 15:42:15 PST 2006


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> Individual choice is unlikely to solve the problem of diabetes, even
> though its prevention and management is more under individual control
> than the level of fossil fuel consumption is. The government has to
> cut subsidies to corn, regulate portions (of meals served at
> restaurants and ready-to-eat foods and beverages sold at supermarkets
> and convenience stores), establish 32-hour workweeks (so workers have
> time to exercise), and/or redistribute wealth (the more income the
> poor get and the narrower the income/wealth gap, the healthier the
> majority).

Also...

--funding physical education courses --funding recreation centers and excercise classes --making the streets safe for kids to play in --getting junk food commercials off the air



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