How would you cure the obesity epidemic across the world?

True - I just used it as an example.

Full blood works - cholestrol levels, triglycerides, waist circumference, body fat %. Do it at your GP once a year. Update NHS contribs accordingly depending on band of morbidity you fall in to.

High Sugar and High saturated fats would be a good start. Also possibly high salt.

The NHS can't afford to do that for every single person in the UK. They are strained as they are.

The NHS can't afford to do that for every single person in the UK. They are strained as they are.

Obesity isn't a disease - obese people are victims of their own indecent, self-indulgent lifestyle. The only way to fix the problem is to teach people virtues of self-control, discipline and self-criticism, but in our society of instant gratification and consumerism, it will never happen.

*Fat Justine gazed at Bella, admiring her slender, petite body. ''What is her secret'', she asked as she stuffed her mouth full of chocolates and truffles.* - Yeah... what is her secret, huh?

If obesity is such a simple issue, why has no one 'solved' it?

I think everything, given enough thought, is complex. Yes, we tend to over-complicate things further (it's in our nature) but not much is as straightforward as it might first appears to be.

Alas, I am rambling, so I think I'll leave it there

In theory you should not be punished but the world does not work on right and wrong. In this case you'd have to suffer for the good of wider society or see the post below yours.

Nothing at all wrong with them unless you eat too much of them. Would you tax fruit too? And what's wrong with 'saturated fat' ?

I'd like to know what those scientists have discovered that would stop an obese person losing weight if they stick to a long term calorie deficit

I'll wait.

Because there is nothing to be solved, it's a personal choice and no sane person actually wants the nanny state extended to such a degree.

Well obesity is going to put enormous pressure on the NHS in the next few decades. Something needs to be done about it, or taxes will have to go up.

I'm against body shaming as in insulting other people based on their weight. However health wise I am against obesity.
It is a big problem for public health services. It's also altering what body size is seen as 'normal'. Because I'm thinner than the average person I've had some ridiculous things said to me like "Do you eat?" NO I'M A GHOST. If I was in a country such as Japan I would never hear anything so dumb because hardly anyone there is overweight.
Speaking of Japan I think it's actually illegal to be overweight there. I know some shops have "FAT" as an actual size on the larger clothes labels.

If you have an under active thyroid or that disease that causes you to swell up because of excess water then fair enough. Otherwise you are fat from poor diet and lack of exercise.
A girl at my school would complain about her weight (she was fat) yet eat a whole big Mars bar every break and not be active!
Yes there are some fat genes, but those who have them aren't really fat.

There is nothing wring with a little bit of alcohol but that is still taxed through the roof. If you don't eat much of it then it wont be a significant increase on spending.

Extend the school day an hour requiring PE every day for children.

So your answer to that is to tax more random things? Nice m8, nice. Why not just slap at 50% tax on all food? Hell, why not just raise income tax to 75%?