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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Banning soda to be manufactured wouldn't stop that problem. People don't cook at home and are in a huge rush. They work much harder than we did when we were younger because we usually had one person taking care of hearth and home and running errards and taking kids to lessons and sports and washing and even ironing the clothes. People don't even have time to cook and enjoy a decent meal. It is that and not the big soda's that is the problem. People don't have time to live and to spend time doing ordinary things. People don't learn to cook and make cooking a very simple, fun thing to do, rather than a task. The world has changed so much.
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Yes, I agree, but why add fuel to the fire? Your plan, as I see it, is to give up on taking any steps at all because there may be bigger problems that can't be solved.
Many years ago I worked with my father. And whenever I felt overwhelmed by a big job, my father would say, "take it one step at a time." And that's what I recommend here.
The problem is bad, like you said. But trans fat and soda just adds more fuel to the fire. And the soda companies know it, that's why they came out with the bigger bottles. They knew it would add to overall consumption.
Doing nothing is not a good plan in my opinion. As it turned out it didn't work, but at least they tried.