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| Thread ID: 134704 | 2013-07-30 21:19:00 | Food Police | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1350231 | 2013-07-31 21:09:00 | Isn't that chap who long ago said "a tiny evening meal is great" now residing in some kind of managed facility well away from bright lights and sharp objects? ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1350232 | 2013-07-31 22:17:00 | Yes, whilst I am not over weight I am always trying to loose a few kg's. And I get very upset when I see obese people walking around, specially young ones. But there is no way that I want a tax on fat or fast foods. The best approach is education and a stick policy - eg embarrass them, doctors to get serious with them. Charge them a hospital visit fee. A tax will just cost ordinary people more money on a treat. Most over weight people are just to lazy to cook a healthy meal. Also why not get companies like coke to reduce the amount of sugar in their drinks by a small amount each year. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1350233 | 2013-07-31 22:26:00 | When you see school kids who are too fat to walk properly, ie they waddle (not exaggerating ), then there is a problem. Just adding a fat tax wont solve this at all. Adding 20c to a 1 litre of coke , or 50c to a very cheap fatty meal wont stop or slowdown consumption. Time to stop with simplistic 'fixes' . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1350234 | 2013-07-31 23:08:00 | When you see school kids who are too fat to walk properly, ie they waddle (not exaggerating ), then there is a problem . Just adding a fat tax wont solve this at all . Adding 20c to a 1 litre of coke , or 50c to a very cheap fatty meal wont stop or slowdown consumption . Time to stop with simplistic 'fixes' . I agree But how would you stop it ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1350235 | 2013-07-31 23:39:00 | I agree But how would you stop it ? More to do with education I feel, its all to easy to shut the kids up if they are complaining by throwing them a bag of chippies or softdrink or similar . Another major factor is the way the world is these days, when I was a kid you hardly were inside when at home, you were out doing things, running about etc, these days its sit in front of the TV or computer and play games etc . if you did something wrong and your parents sent you to your room it was punishment - these days its what they want - because that's where the X-box, PSP or their computer is . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1350236 | 2013-07-31 23:44:00 | Send them to Africa for 6 months. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1350237 | 2013-08-01 01:42:00 | But how would you stop it ? Ban school traffic. That solves 2 problems, fat kids and traffic congestion in Auckland. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1350238 | 2013-08-01 04:00:00 | Send them to Africa for 6 months. PJ Agreed. A fat Western kid would feed a huge amount of starving Africans. :D |
Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 1350239 | 2013-08-01 06:38:00 | What about a tax on carbonated beverages? As soft drinks are one of the more harmful ones. Even if the price of soft drinks was doubled, it'd still be entirely affordable for people to get one every so often as a treat, but it would decrease purchases. Reason why I'd pick on carbonated beverages - try and name something good in them other than free water ;-) |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1350240 | 2013-08-01 06:43:00 | What about a tax on carbonated beverages? As soft drinks are one of the more harmful ones. Even if the price of soft drinks was doubled, it'd still be entirely affordable for people to get one every so often as a treat, but it would decrease purchases. Reason why I'd pick on carbonated beverages - try and name something good in them other than free water ;-)alcohol |
plod (107) | ||
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