Certainly, they should. One of the government's many responsibilities is to help safeguard the health of it's citizens. If information gleaned from "sound science" shows a health risk, it is the governments duty to alert, educate, or inform the people. We as individuals have the responsibilty to heed and act on this information. If governments fail to do so, we all pay through increased costs of larger health care bills in the end. Two examples of this are the growing pandemics of obesity and diabetes in America.

Yes. There should be warnings on fatty foods and alcohol. Everyone knows they're bad for you, but there's something about a constant inch high warning staring you in the face telling you you're going to die a painful death that has a bit more punch behind it. I'd also like to see marketing of high fat and sugar food to children banned (I'll be having parties on the street the day they ban Happy Meals- of which the plastic toy is probably the most nutritious part). Kids pester their parents for things that are perceived as treats- if we stopped marketing them as such, the problem would decrease. Junk food (including vending machines) should NEVER be sold in schools. I'd also be in favour of adding tax to foods with high fat, salt or sugar content similar to the tax on alcohol. The extra revenue generated could then be poured into the NHS to help treat all those health problems that have come about as a result of bad dietary habits. If people are gonna kill themselves taht's their own business, but at least have them help fund the treatment. Of course, people would carry on eating the crap anyway, but maybe they'd think twice about feeding it to their kids if cans of fizzy pop had "You are slowly killing your child" written on them (or at least something to that effect). Rant over (sorry, its a pet peeve of mine)

I think they've actually gone overboard with their war on fatty foods; they're restricting what can be sold in school cafeterias these days and anythign with sugar as the first or secnd ingredient can no longer be sold in many schools (in my state anyway). It almost seems like they're restricting our civi rights at this point.

No, people already know that eating fatty foods is a health risk, they eat it because it tastes good, not because they think its healthy for them.

I think it'd be a very good idea!

Yes, they should. And they should also have people standing at the front of the queue in McDonalds and all the other dirty little fat-feeder pig styes with cricket bats to beat people with whilst they wait for their greasy, foul tasting junk.. maybe knock some sense into their fat heads. Especially people who feed their children such harmful crap week in, week out. Just my opinion.

good idea IMO

Yes! There are a lot of people who don't realize what they are putting into their bodies. The way things have been marketed, some believe unhealthy foods to be healthy. For example, a fried chicken sandwich from McDonald's advertised as premium all white meat chicken. Some may believe that they are eating a good meal if they have one.

Efentitly yes it auses the same damage as somking does to a person!