Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 0 Comments
For some, choosing between a bag of chips or a bag of carrots comes down to which is going to make less of a dent in their pockets. No matter how healthy a person may want to be, sometimes it's finance that makes the final decision.So, is there a solution? Dr. David Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at the Yale University School of Medicine, offers the following: “One idea is to place a small tax on foods with low nutritional value, like soda, for example, and to use the revenue collected to subsidize fruits and vegetables. A tax on low nutritional foods could be the funding source to subsidize foods with a higher nutritional value."
Sounds good, but is it enough?
Some argue that without a change in the eating habits of low income groups, no price cut or financial assistance will help. If you are not used to eating healthy foods, the fact that they are cheaper won't make a difference.
This is a multifaceted problem and many believe the government needs to step in to address this issue- not only economically, but through education for lower income families. What do you think?
Eunice, DTR, CPT-ACE
Nutrition Specialist
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