Junk Food, Restrict availability Options

[EmeraldKnight]

Alrighty.. moving away from religion.. how's this for a topic?
I'm going to structure this policy debate style, but very condensed and with no cited evidence cards (because I dont want to actually search, but I've argued this before, both sides)

Obesity is such a huge problem in the United States now.. and not just because of genetics, but because of lifestyle, and because of the ready availability of junk food and fast food restaurants; Americans live such hectic and stressful lives today that they hardly have any time to eat healthy, and as a result, obesity has become a significant problem in society today. Therefore, the affirmative team resolves that the United States Federal government enact a plan that substantially reduces the amount of obesity in the United States

Contention I: Harms+Significance:
a. Obesity is now one of the leading killers of American citizens today
Therefore, this problem extremely severe and something must be done

b. Fast food restaurants exist in such great numbers and availability, and with such cheap prices and are much more convenient than preparing food ourselves

Contention II: Inherency
a. No regulations exist on the fast food companies; regulations exist to make sure that the food meets FDA standards in safety, but not in healthiness

The Plan:
Impose regulations on fast food companies to make them reduce the amount of fats, sodium, and calories in the products they sell
Compliance is mandatory or they cannot operate

Contention III: Solvency
By forcing the fast food restaurants to comply to these regulations, we make the American diet more healthy for the large number of ppl that rely on fast food restaurants, and thus we create a more healthier, America with a smaller obese population

If all fast food restaurants comply, consumers WILL have to eat healthy or they'll have to go and cook their own meals (which will most likely be healthier than the current fast food meals); and since most of the consumers that eat fast food do so because they dont have the time to do otherwise, they most likely dont have much time to exercise and this would force them to be healthier

Contention IV: Topicality
Does not apply here since no research is needed and there isnt a global resolution to adhere to

*Minda, I know this sucks, I acknowledge that.. I made it up in a 30 second time span cuz I was bored and I wanted to see just how lame a topic I could create and hopefully argue somewhat efficiently*

I am now open to cross examination and points of clarification (ppl I know its a lame/mundane topic, but seeing as how all the emphasis was on religion and not getting anywhere, at least give me credit for an original topic; if its too lame or something, mods feel free to delete or close this topic)

[WildGriffin]

- More than 98% of convicted felons are bread users.
- Fully HALF of all children who grew up in bread consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
- In the 18th century, where virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were exceptionally high; many women died in childbirth and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever and influenza ravaged whole nations.
- More than 90% of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.
- Bread is made from a substance called “dough.” It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month.
- Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease as well as osteoporosis.
- Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread in as little as two days.
- Newborn babies can choke on bread.
- Bread is baked in temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute
- Bread has proven to absorb water. Since the human body is 90% water, it follows that eating bread could lead your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey, bread pudding person.
- Most American bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babble.

Didn't you already say that before. In a previous thread...yeah i think you did. You phony. Hey guys, this guy's a phony. Phony!

No, it's cool. I laughed the first time I saw it.