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Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Healthy eating: An individual choice or government responsibility?

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The purpose of government is to create infrastructure, make and enforce laws, and protect it's citizens. Our taxes support the government so the things we cannot do for ourselves get done. So, do I think the government should be responsible our personal choices such as what and how much we eat? No, unless it affects others and in this case it does.

Diseases related to unhealthy lifestyles are a strain on the health-care system, not to mention the impact of lost manpower in the workplace due to related illnesses. These things create a domino effect if occurring on a large basis. Both...

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