tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post4877092877845722275..comments2024-03-22T00:35:19.082-07:00Comments on Casual Kitchen: An Interview with "Appetite For Profit" Author Michele SimonDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-3309997450440604742013-09-04T06:09:22.514-07:002013-09-04T06:09:22.514-07:00I'd love to see the marketing change.
I'm...I'd love to see the marketing change.<br /><br />I'm going on Vacation next year & in an attempt to keep costs down, once we arrive, we are going to go to a grocery store & get some provisions. I'd like to be able to buy "healthy" options that are shelf stable - aka "granola bars." <br /><br />I'm not even sure if this is a possibility...<br /><br />As for combatting McDonalds or coco puffs, we don't have TV, so my 4.5 year old isn't exposed to it & as a result doesn't ask for it. (His friends in day care expose him to "batman" & "cars" but they have not been able to make him want (or ask for) "fruit leather" emblazoned with those characters.The Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-24938007106998560622013-09-03T12:41:47.410-07:002013-09-03T12:41:47.410-07:00If I were given the choice on how to spend 100 bil...If I were given the choice on how to spend 100 billion public dollars, micromanaging food marketing would not even be on my list. :-)chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-33903656764021546812013-09-03T11:11:57.744-07:002013-09-03T11:11:57.744-07:00I struggle with this issue too. Even if you consid...I struggle with this issue too. Even if you consider it the proper role of government to get involved by setting policy here (this alone is a major obstacle for many), is it a good and proper use of society's resources to do so? <br /><br />Obviously a food activist's answer will be yes and yes. But there are lots of activists across all kinds of industries who also would "say yes" to spending these same resources--in THEIR areas. All of this in light of all the other challenges facing society. <br /><br />There's one other aspect of this debate: what *really* happens when you significantly limit (or even ban) junk food marketing? There are some unintended consequences that actually are bad--perhaps really bad. I'm hoping to explore this further in an upcoming post. <br /><br />DKDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-28624476426113425202013-09-03T10:12:33.038-07:002013-09-03T10:12:33.038-07:00I'm very much on the fence with regard to corp...I'm very much on the fence with regard to corporate food manufacturing and marketing, and I couldn't really answer those questions with anything resembling brevity.<br /><br />Ultimately I guess I believe that for people who really want to eat healthfully (btw I hate that word), the information is readily available. A person has to be trying pretty hard to stay ignorant about what constitutes good nutrition to not know (e.g.) that drinking soda is bad for you. A person also has to be swimming the backstroke in the River Denial to think that (e.g.) chocolate breakfast cereal is good for you.<br /><br />And given the magnitude of some of the other challenges facing our society, I think further regulation of food-manufacturers' marketing would be an inexcusable waste of public resources.chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.com