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Join the junk food debate

Monday, September 24, 2007

Roddy Mungall says: We need to get smart about all this and rather than reaching a point where we tell people that this, that or the next thing is bad for us, it would be better to take a positive approach and take about a proportionate approach. By that I mean that we need to enable people to strike a balance and to make good choices about food. Even junk food is food, but it really does depend whether or not it dominates or is, as I would regard it, a treat.

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• 11. Jane - Glasgow

  Tuesday, March 4, 2008 15:24

  I agree that if mothers stay home with the children then a healthier lifestyle for your family is more possible. Cooking healthy meals every night that all the family will enjoy takes a lot of planning not to mention time spent in the supermarket buying fresh ingredients. I think the key to healthy eating is try to eat natural products and what better than those fresh from Scotland!

• 12. John Cunningham - North Ayrshire

  Thursday, March 6, 2008 13:50

  I'm inclined to agree with Donaidh - Peighinn na Cuthaig, Meadhan Lòdainn.
  Except that he has missed out neeps from his haggis, green peas and carrots from his mince and salt 'n vinegar from his fish 'n chips!!
  In my young days (1920/30s) we had good wholesome food.

• 13. Ernie - Grampian

  Monday, March 10, 2008 13:14

  a healthy lifestyle involves exercise as well as eating healthy food.
  if society was to take more exercise then eating so called junk food would not be a problem.
  let people walk to work, let children walk to school
  make society a safer place to enjoy outdoor activities.
  let the people leave there centrally heated living rooms where they watch mass produced mind numbing rubbish
  let us get out there and live life to the full.
  
  then we can enjoy the occasional mouthfull of "junk food" without feeling guilty.
  
  

• 14. Roborob - Glasgow

  Wednesday, March 19, 2008 14:13

  Lies, Dam Lies and Statistics. Every one knows what food is good for you but many will just not admit that so called Junk food Tastes great and much better than the healthy option. Try as you might with the healthy eating Propoganda, I know a salad is nowhere as nice as a bag of chips or a chocolate bar.

• 15. Nicholas - Inverness

  Saturday, March 22, 2008 13:19

  We were taught how to make cheese on toast at school, and it utterly disgusting it was too. Equipped with this vital and lasting life skill, is it any wonder I frequently turned to fast food?

• 16. Vaibhav Nigam - Musselburgh

  Sunday, March 23, 2008 18:52

  Hi, regarding fast foods I think its not good for health on a daily basis. For having a Healthy food, it should have a balance diet in it. Fast food can provide very tasty and tempting food but not a balance diet. I think people should go for a fast food for a change or when they are running short of time.
  
  People who are eating burgers and pizzas on a daily basis can suffer from many health problems, their immune system can change, they gain more of fat in body which can even decrease the functioning of Red Blood Cells and White Blood cell because of which the body cannot fight with many virus and infects.
  
  So, I personally feel that one should not go to fast foods on daily basis. Remember " Prevention is better than Cure !!!"

• 17. Ranjit yadav - musselburgh

  Monday, March 31, 2008 22:34

  In scotland there are many fast food shops on every corner and many supermarkets.As per the junk foods are conserned its not good food for the healthier life those who eat on the daily basis. we all know that people of scotland goes towards the junk food because they don't get time out of work to cook food for themselfs and their family. But its not a sign of good health to the whole society.the junk foods create obesity , heart diseases because of fatty acids percentage is more.AS per my openion if a person serious about their health he / she should create a healthy lifestyle by involving themselves in exercise in regularly basis as well as eating healthy fresh cooked food..or home made food. This will make a healthy society and a safer place of scotland.
  
  ranjit yadav

• 18. Sarah Spencer - Edinburgh

  Thursday, April 3, 2008 20:16

  I agree to some degree with what Roddy Mungall says about people needing to be able to strike a balance and to make good choices about food. The problem is that the majority of adults are perfectly aware-from television programmes, and other forms of media that eating junk food on a regular basis is extremely unhealthy yet it is still consumed on a regular basis by many. I disagree with Roddy Mungall on the fact that we should not be telling people “that this, that or the next thing is bad for us”. There is plenty of awareness and information available on healthy eating yet people still choose to eat unhealthily rather than cook a meal that will not take much longer than a microwave meal to cook, and will be more nutritious. America are beginning to place large signs on a lot of food bought-especially in fast food restaurants stating clearly the calorie content next to the recommended daily allowance. This shock tactic will hopefully make people realise exactly how potentially unhealthy and fattening the food they are consuming is, and think differently and in a more positive manner towards food next time they decide to eat. We also should be realising that children need to be taught about the importance of a balanced diet so their attitude to food in the future is hopefully a positive a healthy one-unlike many adults today.

• 19. S Matthews - Edinburgh

  Monday, April 14, 2008 22:37

  Perhaps the issue is less about the food choices available and more about our cultural attitude to food? In a cash-rich and time-poor culture, it is no longer common-place to spend several hours of the day cooking and eating. With the focus on work and crazy working hours that we do in this country, it is hardly surprising!
  Working shorter, but more productive hours with time to spend cooking/eating/sharing with families and friends would I'm sure mean less "treats" at MacDonalds and more healthy home-cooked meals!

• 20. Mary - Glasgow

  Tuesday, April 22, 2008 14:38

  I Like Junk Food Butt Itt cann Also Be a Bad Habitt For Many Children and it can affect kids health

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