Global obesity 1 billion

[Corky]

Gotta be careful with very rapid weight loss, its a great way to get gallstones.

Those juice diets the body ends up cannibalising itself for amino acids and the muscle is wasted along with fat.

 

[PragueBlue]

A tax on unhealthy food or alcohol wouldn’t be fair either as it’s too general.

Maybe they could make an NHS tax more specific so as to rule out where obesity isnt caused by lifestyle

A higher tax on alcohol already exists as it does on cigs. I can't see why it would be unfair to have a higher tax on unhealthy food. Hopefully it would encourage people to look at healthier options.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

A higher tax on alcohol already exists as it does on cigs. I can't see why it would be unfair to have a higher tax on unhealthy food. Hopefully it would encourage people to look at healthier options.

It might be a good idea, but no-one's going to do it in a cost of living crisis.

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

It might be a good idea, but no-one's going to do it in a cost of living crisis.

What cost of living crisis? I've been in spoons twice this week and they had a ale for 99p . One was healthy as it had been brewed with strawberries

 

[Blue Maverick]

Heard a farmer on the radio last week and he said if you want cheap food it will be shit food, if you want to go to a farm and buy direct it will be better, healthier but cost more, you cannot compete with a shed full of chickens if you want them to be roaming around, it’s just nit possible. So people need to make a choice, is their health worth more than their mobile phones? People will spend £1-1500 on a mobile yet won’t spend day and extra £5 on a chicken from a farm!

 

[hilts]

If you have a bit of salad on the cheeseburger does that balance it out?

With diet coke yes

 

[blue44]

It hit home to me when I got married just under twenty years ago,how crap our western diet on average is compared to say,where my mrs is from,south east asia.
she eats an incredible volume of food every single day,its her obsession , she is very small and just loves all vegatables and fruit,she prefers fish and chicken not beef etc.
she will have a fizzy drink,diet lemonade maybe five times max in one year,she loves water,she doesn't even drink fruit juices .
all her family and friends where she comes from are the same,double chins are unknown of etc.

 

[metalblue]

If i didn't run so much i'd be a fat ****. eat loads of junk shite.

So you’re just a **** then? ;)

 

[metalblue]

I have been really fat twice in my life , first after a serious car accident that disabled me and i barely moved for a year and the second time with clinical depression , you should never judge anyone without knowing their story

I posted something similar in the breathtaking thread Kaz. Some people don’t give a fuck, let themselves go, eat shit, smoke, drink then end up on a mobility scooter and looking at the NHS to fix their piss poor choices. Then there are others who have depression and the such or struggle with weight but not for the want of trying.

It’s a multifaceted problem and we shouldn’t judge.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

A higher tax on alcohol already exists as it does on cigs. I can't see why it would be unfair to have a higher tax on unhealthy food. Hopefully it would encourage people to look at healthier options.

I think it would be too difficult to implement…what’s unhealthy food, high fat? high sugar? ultra processed?, artificial? high in ‘e’ numbers? I know there was a debate around having a sugar tax but may as well just add a food levy tax on everything except fruit/vegetables but it will just be a general form of taxation that anyone will pay whether obese or not…..