Law and Regulation will not fix the problems of Health Care

First apologies for the poorly worded topic/first argument. Your basic, argument I'm feeling is that change overall will cause a shift in the current trends. This change should be brought about by various laws (max calories) or regulations (health insurance.) While I agree to a certain extent this will help some on the edge to be pushed into the healthy category. However I believe the true problem is an erosion in the average person's attitude and motivations. True today jobs are less physically active then those of generations past, however we work less hours and have more vacations(relative to earlier generations). Further more many chose to not do any physical activity during this extra time. Our reluctance to believe advertising ex Quaker Oatmeal "Maple and Brown Sugar" marked as health with the AHA seal actually has more sugar than a bowl of Fruit Loops. But would more information help? I don't think so all health nutrition information is already listed all you have to do is read a box. Could an informative campaign help, possibly. Still I only think you might change a few peoples choices. This change that needs to take place I feel can not happen on a global/countrywide scale through, regulation or law. This is just covering a laceration with a band aide. The fix to me is changing the culture around eating. We need to realize in the modern age(speaking of developed countries) we can easily acquire the calories needed for sustaining life in a relative small portion of food. Industrialization and chemistry have allow calories and nutrition to be packed into everything. However we as the end user need to realize what our bodies actually need much less then we desire. Generations and centuries of struggling to attain proper nutrition have left us eating more and more, though we don't need to. However some may view this as a built in genetic issue. We need to realize that times have "changed" and the average human doesn't need to consume as much as we feel or think we need. I seem to have countered myself in this argument. I listed that labeling, genetics, and hereditary mindset all contribute to the current health issues in this country(US). While many people believe that this will be/can be fixed by laws, regulations, or money. I believe and maintain that these issues will only be fixed in the next generations if their guardians show them the way. We need to in-still personal responsibility in our kids. To do this we need to show by example not words and laws. We also can't shift the blame to food manufactures or law makers. We have to take pride and know what we are putting in our bodies. Only then will we start to look beyond the food packaging and taste and ask what will be the repercussions this food item be 10 20 years down the road. I myself have begun doing this and it has change my health, and weight, I've also noticed changes in those closest to me. So in summation laws and regulations won't do the trick. We need to change ourselves from the lower levels of civilization: family, friends, co-workers. Those areas contain the examples, leadership, and pressure we need to turn the trends in obesity and diabetes around.