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WSJ: FDA Approves Controversial Changes to Nutrition Facts Panel

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U.S. food regulators approved the most radical overhaul of nutrition policy in decades, putting sugar squarely in its crosshairs in an attempt to change how Americans eat and drink.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a new nutrition-facts panel that appears on the back of all packaged food and beverages will list how many grams of sugar have been added by manufacturers and what percentage of the recommended daily maximum that represents.

The FDA’s decision to break out added sugar from the total sugar count already on packaging culminates a yearslong push by the Obama administration into stiff opposition from food and beverage companies, which say there is no difference between naturally present sugars and added sugars.

Health officials say added sugars have no nutritional value and increase overall caloric intake, helping fuel obesity and diabetes while steering Americans away from nutrient-rich foods. Until now, nutrition panels have flagged recommended maximums for fats, sodium, cholesterol and carbohydrates but not for sugar.

The new rules aimed at cracking down on the country’s sweet tooth could cause label shock for many consumers, and it is expected to deal a big blow to food and beverage makers, especially those in the soft-drink industry. A 20-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola, for instance, contains about 130% of the daily recommended maximum for added sugar.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-approves-controversial-changes-to-nutrition-facts-panel-1463750195
 
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WTF is this crap?! Government overreach anyone?!

#FLM Fat Lives Matter!

Stop the fat shaming! We need to make sure everyone has a healthy body image even if they dont have a healthy body!
 
Good. So many fatty mcfatties are ruining this country and costing us a fortune with their diabetes and other fatty-acquired diseases. They are an embarrassment visually and make me sick.
 
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I am reminded of the movie Super Size Me where this exchange went on. Fat shaming needs to become a thing, and become it sooner rather than later.

I WAS AT THIS MEAL, AND IT CAME UP THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS A SMOKER, AND SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE TABLE STARTED HECTORING THEM ABOUT IT.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW BAD IT IS FOR YOU?

"IT'LL DO THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THING TO YOU AND YOU REALLY SHOULD STOP."

AND THE SMOKER, RATHER THAN SAYING, "FüCK YOU, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS" --WHICH, I THINK, IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE --WAS ABASHED AND DEFENSIVE.

"OH, I TRIED TO QUIT," AND, "YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY AGAIN," AND "YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT," AND SO ON.

AT THAT SAME TABLE, THERE WAS A QUITE LARGE WOMAN, AND I WAS WONDERING --WHAT IF THIS GUY, INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING THE SMOKER, HAD SAID TO THE LARGE WOMAN, "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, YOU FAT PIG? "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO BE SO OVERWEIGHT? "STOP EATING, FOR GOD'S SAKE AND DON'T YOU DARE GET DESSERT AND WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?"

SAME LOGIC.

I'D BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO EXAMPLES SO, ONE IS NOW SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE --TO HECTOR SMOKERS --BUT THE OTHER ONE ISN'T QUITE YET. SO THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT POINT WILL IT BECOME ACCEPTABLE TO PUBLICLY HECTOR FAT PEOPLE IN THE WAY THAT SMOKERS ARE PUBLICLY HECTORED?
 
If alcoholics can be denied beverages because they are too drunk at a bar, fatty mcfatties should be denied service based on their perceived obesity. Call it our Christain duty.
 
Joe, you are a terrible person. Dont you know you are hurting the self esteem of people who may be over weight. Its not like its their fault they are overweight...
 
UCFWayne said:
Joe, you are a terrible person. Dont you know you are hurting the self esteem of people who may be over weight. Its not like its their fault they are overweight...
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This part really grinds my gears.

The fatties say, "I HAVE A DISEASE DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!!! DO YOU THINK I WANT TO BE THIS WAY!!!!!! IT'S A DISEASE JUST LIKE CANCER AND THE AIDS!!!! No, you don't have a disease. You eat and drink too damn much and sit on your ass all day cramming shit down your face and the only exercise you get is the distance traveled to and from the couch to the fridge. You "have" something that is completely preventable and do nothing but perpetuate it. You are a disgrace to yourself and the human condition.
 
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So fatties have an innate desire to eat. Let them eat and don't discriminate. It's no different than an individual wanting to be a different gender than they are biologically.
 
Just base sales taxes on BMI (I know it is not accurate). That way, as you get fatter, the amount of food you can buy goes down
 
UCF11and1 said:
Just base sales taxes on BMI (I know it is not accurate). That way, as you get fatter, the amount of food you can buy goes down
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Ohhhhh......I actually like that idea.

Maybe put a fat percentage monitor at the register. 12 percent and below, no tax. Anything over 30, 100 percent tax. Just add 8 percent for each level for the female equivalent.
 
KnighttimeJoe said:
This part really grinds my gears.

The fatties say, "I HAVE A DISEASE DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!!! DO YOU THINK I WANT TO BE THIS WAY!!!!!! IT'S A DISEASE JUST LIKE CANCER AND THE AIDS!!!! No, you don't have a disease. You eat and drink too damn much and sit on your ass all day cramming shit down your face and the only exercise you get is the distance traveled to and from the couch to the fridge. You "have" something that is completely preventable and do nothing but perpetuate it. You are a disgrace to yourself and the human condition.
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If switch eating for drinking alcohol, you just described alcoholism.
 
KnighttimeJoe said:
This part really grinds my gears.

The fatties say, "I HAVE A DISEASE DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!!! DO YOU THINK I WANT TO BE THIS WAY!!!!!! IT'S A DISEASE JUST LIKE CANCER AND THE AIDS!!!! No, you don't have a disease. You eat and drink too damn much and sit on your ass all day cramming shit down your face and the only exercise you get is the distance traveled to and from the couch to the fridge. You "have" something that is completely preventable and do nothing but perpetuate it. You are a disgrace to yourself and the human condition.
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STOP SCREAMING AT ME!!!!1111

Where is Brahamn?! Doesnt he know that the WC is supposed to be a #safespace??????
 
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brahmanknight said:
Ohhhhh......I actually like that idea.

Maybe put a fat percentage monitor at the register. 12 percent and below, no tax. Anything over 30, 100 percent tax. Just add 8 percent for each level for the female equivalent.
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Nope, if you do the gender thing you open the door for transgender people to game the system. Same table for everybody, women should eat less anyway
 
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brahmanknight said:
Ohhhhh......I actually like that idea.

Maybe put a fat percentage monitor at the register. 12 percent and below, no tax. Anything over 30, 100 percent tax. Just add 8 percent for each level for the female equivalent.
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What are you transphobic?! Need to just have one standard since gender is fluid and can change several times in the same day.
 
The team at Harvard Medical School calculated that 20 to 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of cancer deaths, could be prevented if people quit smoking, avoided heavy drinking, kept a healthy weight, and got just a half hour a day of moderate exercise.
 
Will y'all shut up??? I'm trying to imagine Coke finally giving us the good Coke with real sugar instead of the corn syrupy sh!t we get now.

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MACHater02 said:
The team at Harvard Medical School calculated that 20 to 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of cancer deaths, could be prevented if people quit smoking, avoided heavy drinking, kept a healthy weight, and got just a half hour a day of moderate exercise.
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Get your recommendations off my body.
 
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