The biggest culprit in obesity is not manufacturers and retailers, it is consumers. Food manufacturers and retailers only sell what people will buy and the more people buy of a product the more they will supply it. Consumers buy fizzy drinks, sweets and biscuits, so manufacturers make more and more such products because they are sure fire sellers.
Fast Food joints know that the best way to sell things is by describing them as supersized or jumbo and the bigger the size the more they sell. If more people asked for a small size, that is what they would sell.
And as for pester power. If you do not give way to it children will stop pestering. I never ever bought my children sweets at a supermarket till so they never asked for them, because they knew the answer before they asked.
DS & DDiL are much the same.For DGC sweetened drinks are an occasional treat when eating out or when visiting grandparents, at home they drink water because that is all that is available. Sweets and biscuits are not forbidden but they are treats not the everyday punctuation of life. The children do not feel deprived, they are not always demanding sweets and crisps and snacks and take aways.
DGD's list of favourite foods includes chips, inevitably, but also cucumber, peppers and lettuce. For several years asked her favourite food, the answer was 'salad'. DGS, admittedly lists his favourite foods as chocolate and ice cream, but they are treats and he happily scoffs most of the vegetables and fruit he is served.
All that needs to happen to combat obesity is for people to make different choices and not buy heavily sweetened or fat laden food.
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