Obese Tax

what a stupid comment, where did it say that, go on find it or make yourself look like an idiot

It doesnt matter how much i say, the government would decide a sensible amount, enough to make it so obese people cant afford a lot of fatty foods, but not to high so they can still eat a good meal.

To accurately measure BF% is time consuming, expensive and requires particular equipment. Impedance is a waste of time.

I agree with you though on the other points.

Most people can control their obesity but what about the minority who have medical reasons for being obese?

There. It doesn't really make sense.

How much does a 'fatty' mean cost compared to a 'good meal'...?

Yes but the problem with taxing fatty foods is the average weight person shouldn't have to pay more because of other peoples faults. Someone eating fatty foods constantly would ruin it for others who may only have it occasionally

why didnt you highlight the end part? is it to try and hide it?

That doesn't make sense, do we tax smokers just for being a smoker? NO! We just tax them every time they buy tobacco...

The same idea would make sense for adding tax to seriously unhealthy food but the fatties think they're better than us, smokers so we can't

Why don't we create an obesity tax that states that if you are obese you must pay this tax, obviously it has to be a significant amount, not too expensive though. I believe this would help reduce obesity. The way around distinguishing who is obese and isn't is by forcing everyone to have a regular checkup at the doctors every year or so. Those who do not comply are automatically charged and those obese must pay the tax.
What do you think of this? Don't give me any ******** about how it will hurt peoples feelings, if you're obese you're obese so it would just be stating facts. I want reasons why it would/wouldn't work. And this could be done via BMI tests. Those who say 'what if the guy is just muscular but has a BMI of over 30?' or something along those lines, I'm pretty sure a doctor can distinguish between an obese and muscular person, if not they need sacking

I'm completely unconvinced by this. First of all, if you're going to start charging people for being obese then I can think of a truckload of other unhealthy or risky behaviours that you'd be just as justified to 'tax' for. There's nothing special about obesity. Of course we should encourage people to eat healthily but I don't get why obesity, of all the millions of behaviours that increases your health risk, deserves a tax and none of the others do. Secondly, it would disproportionately hit the poor.

alright lets forget the main question here then, why doesnt everyone else come up with a solution

what medical reasons?

Which is why I don't think there should be an obese tax

Although as far as I'm aware, there isn't any medical reason that would straight up make you obese. Those people just have to take more care in watching what they eat

Let those who want to be fat, be fat.

So that those of us who do actually train hard/go to the gym stand out and look great.

smoking should just be banned all together

how many poor obese people do you know? secondly, look what i put above

Thyroid can lead to fluctuations in weight. I'm sure theres more this is just one example I am aware of.



Some medications lead to obesity. As I stated above thyroid is a medical condition that leads to quick changes in weight. I'm not aware of any other but I'm sure there's more.

I don't really see what the number of poor obese people I know has to do with anything, the obesity rate is pretty much constant across income categories.

I don't really see what the number of poor obese people I know has to do with anything, the obesity rate is pretty much constant across income categories.