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Is this just another Goverment intervention into our lives?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113609 2/Chocolate-bars-smaller-Government-anti-obesi ty-drive.html
Shouldn't they also make sure that fish & chip shops reduce their portions of chips, (at a reduced price of course). because the amount they now give in a portion for one is enough to feed a family.
It is a fact that the nation are becoming more and more obese, but shoudn't they also be looking and controlling what is actually going into the manufacture of what we eat?
They are always telling us they care, but is it really how much it is costing the NHS?
<i.It is designed to halt an obesity epidemic that threatens to leave 90 per cent of youngsters at risk of obesity-induced illness and cost the NHS �50billion a year by 2050.
But they never tell us by how much it is costing the NHS to treat the many extra patients that have been created due to their abysmal immigration control.
Shouldn't they also make sure that fish & chip shops reduce their portions of chips, (at a reduced price of course). because the amount they now give in a portion for one is enough to feed a family.
It is a fact that the nation are becoming more and more obese, but shoudn't they also be looking and controlling what is actually going into the manufacture of what we eat?
They are always telling us they care, but is it really how much it is costing the NHS?
<i.It is designed to halt an obesity epidemic that threatens to leave 90 per cent of youngsters at risk of obesity-induced illness and cost the NHS �50billion a year by 2050.
But they never tell us by how much it is costing the NHS to treat the many extra patients that have been created due to their abysmal immigration control.
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I would have never made the link between smaller chocolate bars and immigration.
Anyone rember Black Jacks?
I would have never made the link between smaller chocolate bars and immigration.
Anyone rember Black Jacks?
Your question was interesting until you went off on one with the immigration thing so we'll leave that on one side.
I'd imagine obesity is much like smoking.
People get ill younger and die earlier - that doesn't necessarilly cost the NHS more because they are not paying out for the treatment of geriatric diseases that those people would most likely suffer from later on if they lived to a ripe old age.
However if there is an increase in people getting sick younger during their working years then they are no longer contributing to the countries coffers in terms of taxation at a time during which they otherwise might.
Whether or not that is a problem depends on whether their job would be filled by another person who would otherwise be unemployed - not easy to know.
They may also have familly commitments that they can no longer support and need state help with.
Although in contrast it may cost the state more to look after someone in old age where there are no family members who might otherwise shoulder the burden.
However it's not a simple financial consideration - there is a responsibility of Government to take reasonable steps to look out for the well being of the people.
You might say "If I want to drink/smoke/eat chocolate I'm a grown up I know the risks it's my business"
But you can apply that same argument to recreational drugs and we don't take that attitude with the drugs that we've decided to control or ban.
However I would like someone to ask Gordon brown what his BMI is
I'd imagine obesity is much like smoking.
People get ill younger and die earlier - that doesn't necessarilly cost the NHS more because they are not paying out for the treatment of geriatric diseases that those people would most likely suffer from later on if they lived to a ripe old age.
However if there is an increase in people getting sick younger during their working years then they are no longer contributing to the countries coffers in terms of taxation at a time during which they otherwise might.
Whether or not that is a problem depends on whether their job would be filled by another person who would otherwise be unemployed - not easy to know.
They may also have familly commitments that they can no longer support and need state help with.
Although in contrast it may cost the state more to look after someone in old age where there are no family members who might otherwise shoulder the burden.
However it's not a simple financial consideration - there is a responsibility of Government to take reasonable steps to look out for the well being of the people.
You might say "If I want to drink/smoke/eat chocolate I'm a grown up I know the risks it's my business"
But you can apply that same argument to recreational drugs and we don't take that attitude with the drugs that we've decided to control or ban.
However I would like someone to ask Gordon brown what his BMI is
I love black jacks, but fruit salads are better http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/fruit-salad-p-125. html
All that will happen is that people will buy 2 chocolate bars instead.
This government really needs to go and soon. They are eroding our civil liberties at every corner and now dictating the size of chocolate bars.
If I want to eat lots of chocolate or buy 50 cans of beer for a fiver, I will. Though if we are talking obese, we only need to look at Gordon Brown.
Oh and I agree with the comment from anotheoldgit.
This government really needs to go and soon. They are eroding our civil liberties at every corner and now dictating the size of chocolate bars.
If I want to eat lots of chocolate or buy 50 cans of beer for a fiver, I will. Though if we are talking obese, we only need to look at Gordon Brown.
Oh and I agree with the comment from anotheoldgit.
The Government should stop telling us what to eat and drink and let us live our lives in peace, if they want to stop this obesity epidemic they should teach parents to stop the school runs and stop selling games machines and play stations. We never had these mind numbing machines and our generation were all thin, we used to walk to school and play up the mountain 5 days a week.
I could go a great deal of the way to reducing obesity in 2 minutes:
BAN the serving of junk food in schools and vending machines. When I was at school in the 70's/80's I could count the number ot times we had chips on the menu on one hand.
All kids have to have a healthy school dinnnr end of. They can't food in.
BAN the serving of junk food in schools and vending machines. When I was at school in the 70's/80's I could count the number ot times we had chips on the menu on one hand.
All kids have to have a healthy school dinnnr end of. They can't food in.
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