You have a point here, the 1984-ish attitude is unpleasant. However, a broken clock is right twice a day. From earlier in the week, The Extraordinary Science o

You have a point here, the 1984-ish attitude is unpleasant. However, a broken clock is right twice a day. From earlier in the week, The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5279307 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5279307 Junk food is designed to be addictive. Furthermore, there's no truth in advertising, the fact is that people are being manipulated en messe. In the article they full admit to it. Finally, it is marketed at kids. (Besides, I've been to the US - I know what passes for cheese over there! Heh) Personal responsibility is all well and good but surely you can't expect the general population to watch the lectures of Dr. Lustig or even know what HFCS is to begin with, never mind that it is bad for you and why. Once upon a time doctors recommended smoking. What's obvious to you in the present is not necessarily 'common' sense. Have big warning labels, skull and bones, the works, just like cigarette packs. And ban them from marketing it at kids at least. "If you eat more than one pack of these a week, you will gain weight and increase your risk of diabetes" - I bet you MOST Americans have yet to connect those dots.