Should Sugar Puffs be banned :-)

[Fly]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9675904/MPs-should-consider-banning-Frosties-says-Andy-Burnham.html

NSS, Sugar Puffs are high in sugar 
Or should parent's be in control of what their children eat.

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Old Cruser]

Not that big a fan of most  breakfast cereals to be honest apart from wheatabix and shreddies. I find them 'freash air' food. We all need a certain amount of sugar, but yes I do agree Fly that it is up toparents to make sure their children have an all round diet of health with a small amount of junk thrown in.
As for the manufactureres - why couldn't they make two cereals that are both healthy - and then they keep all their workers.

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Kent]

Its starting to get quite ridiculous that we are constantly having to legislate for morons.

Banning offers in supermarkets that make multiple packs of smaller items on offer cheaper than the bulk packs. (For people who just can't do simple maths)

Banning fatty, sugary, salty food for morons who don't know its bad for them.

Why not blanket ban cigarettes and alcohol?

Legislation forcing energy companies to put people on their "cheapest" tarrif, which of course will just mean that their "cheapest" tariff won't be as cheap as it is now, for people that can't do a simple exercise of shopping round.

Bringing in legislation that means we can't discriminate between men and women on insurance, again for people that don't shop around, obviously the idiots bringing in this legislation just thought they would reduce men's insurance to women's levels on cars, and reduce women's insurance to men's levels on life insurance etc. When anyone on a galloping horse could see they would just raise the least expensive to the price of the higher ones and take it in.

Let's say a cereal manufacturer makes two cereals at its factory. One high in sugar, the other healthy.  If the high sugar one is banned, then maybe half the workers are redundant and/or the price of the healthy one will go up to fill the gap to cover the factory costs.

The law makers seem to have a complete blind spot when it comes to looking at consequences beyond the initial headlines.

It's that Modern Day Case Of " Do it" and never mind about the consequences after, or we
can sort it out after when we know the consequences, but usually it is all to late.

[pepsiperfect]

It is becoming a sad state of affairs.
The government should educate better.  Prevention IS better than cure.
IF people were educated better, people would be MORE aware.
Simple answer, don`t put it in - you won`t put it on
We do things out of habbit.  If we get/got into good habits, they stay with us.
It is not about banning them - freedom of choice.  We should be more aware
and be able to make informed decisions.
The MARKET will then decide.  Basic theory of economics, supply & demand
If there were not a demand for the product, it would NOT be supplied.

[simondjuk]

what next, too much orange in Oranges?

[emmz]

I dont think the right thing would be to ban the foods, people just need to learn to eat a right amount.
Personally i hate sugar puffs they taste like crap, my daughter however likes them she does not eat loads just a small bowl for her breakfast or anything else that might be available, she also eats lots of fruit in a day and veggies too because she can and also likes them. Its just about controlling what goes in

[Old Cruser]

Quite right Emmz, it's up to the parents to make sure the children have some of both.

[mycul]

This is a load of bo11ocks. I am of a generation that was reared on lard and fat.  When we had chips it took about 15 minutes for the fat to become liquid so you could fry the chips (and Spam in batter).
Too much fat, too much sugar?  NO get your fat kids off their arses and get excercise.  Apart from things like Polio. TB, Scarlet Fever etc, I bet that my generation is more healthly than todays.  Who can bench press their body weight?  I can.

[emmz]

Agree mycul. Daughter does a session of ballet and tap classes every week, she does PE at school I try and take her swimming when i can. More exercise than i got as a kid not to mention she LOVEs being outdoors!

[Old Cruser]

You are of course quite right Mycul, excersise isn't taken too much by our children these days for various reasons