In my opinion no amount of banned ads will tackle the matter, not when buying ready made ultra processed food is cheaper than working with fresh ingredients. Said fresh ingredients are not even that fresh anymore either.
Take an overworked, underpaid populace, add children into the mix and you’ll find adults with no time on their hands and you bet they’re going to go towards the direction of least resistance and if the kid wants chicken nuggies with tater tots drowned in ketchup and it shuts them up and feeds them after a long day the parent will do the sensible thing and give it to them. Not to mention these foods are much less time consuming to make.
What we need is either much higher taxes on processed foods, or lowering the price on fresh produce along with educating people on basic cooking skills, preferably in school.
And then there’s the lack of access to fitness spaces. Sure if you live in a big city you might have a budget gym or two around but if god forbid you’re in a smaller town you might have one or two private gyms for £25+/month or the council run facilities with swimming pool that goes for £30+ yet has communal showers and you have to pay 20 p if you want to use a locker.
You might say, ok then go and cycle! Great, where, because the roads outside of London either have no bike lanes or they’re used as extra parking space by cars.
Go out and jog? Excellent, full body exercise! Go out and jog and hope no one puts you on their tiktok for laughs or bellows obscenities at you as you pass by. Should you wish to go after dark then hopefully no one accidentally runs you over as you cross the road or decides to mug you.
Thank you for reading.
Edit: private gyms also tend to cater to who knows exactly what people as they tend to be open 9-5 or similar, which unless you’re unemployed for various reasons is again not accessible.
What we need is more willpower. It’s worked up until now!
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You ever noticed how a lot of Asian countries don’t have sugar / alcohol sin tax. And don’t ban junk food advertising. But everyone is still thin?
Gee maybe there’s another cause for obesity 🤔
Should just turn off the escalators – more likely to have a greater impact – with the added savings of a lower energy bill to offset the lost advertising revenue
While I don’t think it’s a bad thing – to limit the marketing of junk food, just within TfLs world, it’s unlikely to have any immediate impact on obesity
This is just part of the long tradition of pretending to care while having an ulterior motive. They never cared about the obese, they just wanted to charge more for food, and they knew the fatties would still pay it. The fatties didn’t get fat because of processed food being cheaper, they got fat because they eat more than they need on a consistent basis. I have been fat, now I am not fat, and the difference is in food quantity, not quality. Fat people feel hungry when they don’t eat what they’re used to eating, so when they only eat enough to get fat slowly they think they’re not eating very much. There’s a LOT of delusion around obesity, and most of it is willful.
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I don’t personally have a problem with either of them, but I think it’s hilarious how TFL don’t allow junk food ads [but do allow ads from arms manufacturers like Lockheed Martin](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/w6sgpc/its_spreading_london/)
In my opinion no amount of banned ads will tackle the matter, not when buying ready made ultra processed food is cheaper than working with fresh ingredients. Said fresh ingredients are not even that fresh anymore either.
Take an overworked, underpaid populace, add children into the mix and you’ll find adults with no time on their hands and you bet they’re going to go towards the direction of least resistance and if the kid wants chicken nuggies with tater tots drowned in ketchup and it shuts them up and feeds them after a long day the parent will do the sensible thing and give it to them. Not to mention these foods are much less time consuming to make.
What we need is either much higher taxes on processed foods, or lowering the price on fresh produce along with educating people on basic cooking skills, preferably in school.
And then there’s the lack of access to fitness spaces. Sure if you live in a big city you might have a budget gym or two around but if god forbid you’re in a smaller town you might have one or two private gyms for £25+/month or the council run facilities with swimming pool that goes for £30+ yet has communal showers and you have to pay 20 p if you want to use a locker.
You might say, ok then go and cycle! Great, where, because the roads outside of London either have no bike lanes or they’re used as extra parking space by cars.
Go out and jog? Excellent, full body exercise! Go out and jog and hope no one puts you on their tiktok for laughs or bellows obscenities at you as you pass by. Should you wish to go after dark then hopefully no one accidentally runs you over as you cross the road or decides to mug you.
Thank you for reading.
Edit: private gyms also tend to cater to who knows exactly what people as they tend to be open 9-5 or similar, which unless you’re unemployed for various reasons is again not accessible.
What we need is more willpower. It’s worked up until now!
/s
You ever noticed how a lot of Asian countries don’t have sugar / alcohol sin tax. And don’t ban junk food advertising. But everyone is still thin?
Gee maybe there’s another cause for obesity 🤔
Should just turn off the escalators – more likely to have a greater impact – with the added savings of a lower energy bill to offset the lost advertising revenue
While I don’t think it’s a bad thing – to limit the marketing of junk food, just within TfLs world, it’s unlikely to have any immediate impact on obesity
This is just part of the long tradition of pretending to care while having an ulterior motive. They never cared about the obese, they just wanted to charge more for food, and they knew the fatties would still pay it. The fatties didn’t get fat because of processed food being cheaper, they got fat because they eat more than they need on a consistent basis. I have been fat, now I am not fat, and the difference is in food quantity, not quality. Fat people feel hungry when they don’t eat what they’re used to eating, so when they only eat enough to get fat slowly they think they’re not eating very much. There’s a LOT of delusion around obesity, and most of it is willful.