Use the knowledge to benefit the health of yourself, your families, and those close to you. The strongest, smartest, most diligent have always been more successful. It's not up to government to regulate what is good for you!  

I’m of mixed minds on this. The libertarian in me wants to keep the government out of my diet as much as possible. However, it’s hard to observe the health devastation around me and not want to do something. Taxes on sugar sweetened beverages have been tried in a few places. Berkeley, CA placed a 2 cent/oz tax on sugary drinks. Seattle did the same. In both cases consumption dropped by around 20%. Of course, coffee beverages were exempt even though Starbucks drinks can be massive sugar bombs. The argument was that it would place a heavy burden on coffee shops to account for every shot of syrup. Then why not tax the syrup? For soda dispensers, they taxed the syrup so there is precedent for this. I think politicians just like their caramel frappuccinos too much.

Some cities tried to disallow sugary foods from food stamp programs, but were shut down by the USDA. That’s unfortunate. Poor people have less access to healthy options in a lot of areas. If they couldn’t spend food stamps on junk food, I’m sure healthier options would find their way into the food deserts.

A good start might be to stop subsidizing food crops that turn into junk food. Corn, wheat and soy being good examples. We already placed an import tax on cane sugar. But this was mainly just a protectionist measure for our farmers. Corn syrup was an easy replacement for cane sugar.