<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-07-25T04:23:03+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/" /><id>61350</id><summary><![CDATA[The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug]]></summary><issued>2008-05-10T18:02:23+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-10T18:02:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Another argument has joined the mix as well: Junk food, like cigarettes, is addictive and should be similarly regulated. Initially, this was just a metaphor. Now it's becoming more than that. Scientists are trying to show that food literally addicts you like drugs.]]></content></entry><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/61350/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (4)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/61350-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/61350-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/61350-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/61350/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><entry><title><![CDATA[browntrout @ 5/11/2008 3:11:12 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>255497</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61350/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>gammerus</b>:Indeed, you cannot force people to take care of themselves. If someone wants to eat junkfood, they will just end up making it themselve...]]></summary><issued>2008-05-11T15:11:12+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-11T15:11:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61350/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>gammerus</b>:Indeed, you cannot force people to take care of themselves. If someone wants to eat junkfood, they will just end up making it themselves, you cannot change people through regulations.<br/><br/><br/>On another note..<br/> People have the right to be retarded, you cannot take that away.</i></div>Can we tax retardation then?<br/><br/>(not the <i>real</i> kind of course)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[gammerus @ 5/11/2008 1:40:59 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>255231</id><summary><![CDATA[Indeed, you cannot force people to take care of themselves. If someone wants to eat junkfood, they will just end up making it themselves, you cannot change people through regulations.<br/><br/><br/>On another note..<br/> People have the right to be retarde...]]></summary><issued>2008-05-11T01:40:59+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-11T01:40:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Indeed, you cannot force people to take care of themselves. If someone wants to eat junkfood, they will just end up making it themselves, you cannot change people through regulations.<br/><br/><br/>On another note..<br/> People have the right to be retarded, you cannot take that away.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[JoshSF49 @ 5/10/2008 11:49:19 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>255207</id><summary><![CDATA[Or we could, ya know, not regulate either and let people make their own decisions on how healthy they want to be.]]></summary><issued>2008-05-10T23:49:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-10T23:49:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Or we could, ya know, not regulate either and let people make their own decisions on how healthy they want to be.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[chinook @ 5/10/2008 6:38:51 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>255091</id><summary><![CDATA[I'm not really surprised.  Some people really, really, really like fast food.  I personally view it as a necessary evil, because fast fries are good if I'm hungover and need a little Vitamin G (G for Grease) or if I'm road tripping and need a quick bite an...]]></summary><issued>2008-05-10T18:38:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-10T18:38:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I'm not really surprised.  Some people really, really, really like fast food.  I personally view it as a necessary evil, because fast fries are good if I'm hungover and need a little Vitamin G (G for Grease) or if I'm road tripping and need a quick bite and I was too disorganized to remember to pack a lunch.<br/><br/>I also think junky foods should be regulated or taxed more, just like alcohol and cigarettes.]]></content></entry></feed>