Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children • Hacker News Board

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by edgarvaldes » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

olau wrote: post #7

Initiatives like this has always appeared to me as a cheap way for societies to improve the health of their population. Perhaps better done in the form of a tax - in the sense that junk food causes an externality in the form of health problems, that does seem warranted. The underlying problem is that the incentives are not aligned.

In Mexico we have a tax on sugary drinks.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by Hitton » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

fafk wrote: post #32

macspoofing wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. Sugar is sugar. What's the difference between a homemade pastry and store bought pastry?

I make sugar-free pastries at home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol

What kind of flour do you use? Usually it contains sugar too.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by pengaru » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

Dumb, just tax fructose in proportion to how much is added. Ths US should do the same thing.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by Cyclone_ » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

blackguardx wrote: post #31

_prototype_ wrote: post #25

you mean like taco's and enchiladas? as well as the myriad extremely tasty but insanely unhealthy Mexican foods?

How are tacos unhealthy? It is mainly just meat in a corn tortilla.

Possibly the way it's prepared in some areas, e.g. fried

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by OCASM » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

Adults will just buy them for the kids. I bet tons of stores will just ignore the law too.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by iovrthoughtthis » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

i_love_liberals wrote: post #17

thewickedaxe wrote: post #10

This law is way way way overdue. American Corporations are killing Mexico's youth with junk food. I know kids who exclusively drink soda. Healthy, beautiful kids who deserve to go out and play and live their best lives.

Do you know that Mexico has a law against murder? Curious if you know how many people, specifically in Mexico, specifically in Mexico city follow that and other laws?

I believe you are committing the logical fallacy of "Whataboutery" [1] here.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by the_70x » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

so under the law, anyone selling a candy to a child could be prosecuted as a criminal activity, with Mexico broken law system this seems to be a really bad idea

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by dj_mc_merlin » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #16

Sugar is an addictive poison. These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

> These products should be outright banned.

This attitude is more dangerous than sugar.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by macspoofing » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

fouric wrote: post #34

macspoofing wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. Sugar is sugar. What's the difference between a homemade pastry and store bought pastry?

A homemade pastry has fewer preservatives and additives, you have greater control over the contents, requires a time and effort investment, and is not heavily marketed with prominent placement in grocery stores and appealing, colorful packaging. There are both nutritional and psychological differences between the two that make the homemade version effectively much less unhealthy for you.

>A homemade pastry has fewer preservatives and additives

Sugar is sugar.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by chrisco255 » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

Press2forEN wrote: post #48

blackguardx wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How are tacos unhealthy? It is mainly just meat in a corn tortilla.

Meat has been a global climate catastrophe wrapped in a corn tortilla. The production of meat is literally killing us, and I'm sorry but its worth taking away traditional cuisines so that humanity doesn't go extinct.

No, sorry. Cows and other ruminants have been part of the ecosystem for tens of millions of years. They're extremely good for the soil and for the environment and it turns out humans are highly evolved to eat meat. We invented fire and hunting tools for it hundreds of thousands of years ago. It's one of the most nutrient dense and healthy foods you can consume as long as you don't add a bunch of crap to it. Humanity wouldn't even exist without meat.