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The same policy was applied in Chile and it had an impact on the consumption of sugary drinks and most importantly sugary breakfast cereals which all ran on a "
by jerojero 3y ago
The same policy was applied in Chile and it had an impact on the consumption of sugary drinks and most importantly sugary breakfast cereals which all ran on a "we are so healthy and the best way to start the day" platform; while actually being full of sugar and fats.
So I would say if what you want is for people to eat less of a certain food, it works. It's not ridiculous.
- orwin 3y agoSecond hand anecdata, but one of my camp counselor friend went to Chile (in remote villages on the 'bad' sides of the Andes to bring them books and teach I guess) and told me that a part of the curriculum for children is nutrition and how to use the labels: basically, moderation (I don't have the details). What's funny is that it seems the children guide the parents in the supermarkets.
- jerojero 3y agoIt's very easy to judge, at first, from these labels. In Chile they are "high in saturated fats", "high in sugar", "high in sodium" and "high in calories". So even a child can see "okay 3 seals... probably not very healthy". Only problem with these sort of policies is a phenomenon called "complexification" [1] where in order to get rid of the seals you introduce complexity into the product itself to escape it (for example by replacing certain chemicals with derivatives that are not quite but very similar). It's difficult to escape the race, but for a while, these policies do work. [1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3987E9B897AFC10CB7AD85D9E4868881/S2398063X17000100a.pdf/div-class-title-attention-manipulation-and-information-overload-div.pdf https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/c...