I just don't understand comments like this. The government doesn't need to make you eat loads of vegetables and no processed foods. You are welcome to do so at any time. It's the same with soda or juice....if you don't want it then don't drink it. You're responsible for what food goes in your body. I don't need the government to tell me what I can and can't eat or drink.
The government can control how much sugar etc they allow in products.
The government can control bans like free refills (as some EU countries have).
The government can control unhealthy foods being advertised to kids. (Lots of talk in my country about this)
The government doesn't stuff it down your throat, but there are things the government can do to help.
Your brain loves fat and sugar. Your brain will do a lot to get that pleasure center reactivated over and over again. If a government helps reduce getting access to it or being exposed to it, you can benefit from it.
There was a British tv show called Secret Eaters. One section of the show is experiments with food. Everyone says "kids don't want to eat fruit / healthy things".
The experiment: at a school during lunch they put up free fruit cups in the cafetaria. In one group they put it far away and the kids need to make an effort to get the free fruit. The other group had it in a convenient place. The group who had easy access to it took, I think 2 or 3 times, more fruit than the other group.
People want to eat the right thing, but they need help. It is not as easy to say "Oh, just don't eat it", when it is everywhere around you.
To make a cultural change, which you need, you need the help of governments and companies.