over nutrition

Question 1

Nutrition over the years

Answer 1

• over time people have needed to eat fewer calories
• In the 1940s life expectancy was very low, and famine was very high especially in China under the rulings of Mao.
• China was experiencing high metabolic syndromes
• Over the last 30 years life expectancy has doubled
• Life expectancy in 1946 for China was 36 years. In 1960s this doubled and continues to

Question 2

So what does the government do?

Answer 2

• education
• health promotion/advertising
• regulations of food and beverage e.g. increase sugar tax
• Julia Gillards government taxed alcohol heavily
• economic policy to reduce price of fresh food at the expense of fast food
• In Australia the Greens called for a 20% sugar tax on drinks in June 2016 they estimated they would collect 500 million dollars a year

Question 3

What are some objections to this?

Answer 3

• interferring with an individuals choice is morally wrong
• taking on food chains such as McDonalds is foolish - employment - the younger generation won’t agree (Tecoma incident)
• Tony Abbott rejected the proposal to implement a ban on junk food ad during children TV in 2005

Question 4

Why is McDonalds being blamed?

Answer 4

• increasing obesity
• food is high in fructose
• largest chain - so lots of people eat from it
• reliance on beef has environmental impacts

Question 5

cases that have opposed McDonalds

Answer 5

• The McLibel case in the Uk - David Morris and Helen Steele protested against them, McDonalds went on to sue them in 1990. In 1999 Court of Appeal reduced found for McDonalds success as they did find their food could be harmful - McDonalds improved their food
• Supersize me Documents from 2004 (Morgan Spurlock)
• The Tacoma case - residents objected a McDonalds being built in their suburb in 2011/ supreme court action ruled out as innapropriate use of council funds
• Getting rid of the McDonalds in the Royal children melbourne (Daniel Andrews)

Question 6

Nanny-stateism

Answer 6

over protective government - the term nanny state is dudes to attack health groups or governments. E.g tobacco companies and their supporters.

Question 7

Nimbyism

Answer 7

‘not in my backyard’ - tacoma case / act when it is close to home