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Originally Posted by Horace
We need to start taxing overweight people in the same way we tax smokers, they put a huge burden on the health service and probably increase carbon emissions. Cruel but fair.
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Or we could further tax the nasty crap that passes as 'food' that helped get them that way.
Sugar - The Bitter Truth is essential viewing. Common sugar that people put in their tea, have in sweets, etc, is 50% poison and should be treated as such. Ethanol is taxed to control its' consumption, the health impact of fructose over the long term is quite similar.
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Originally Posted by Nugget
Great, innit...
Even now, when I'm nearly 2 stone heavier than I was then, my BMI's still only 25.7 - technically overweight, but still not obese  |
29.4 here, nearly into obese territory, yay
