Let's just force fed people what we want them to eat. Who cares about free will (even if that means eating yourself to death)
I would like to see some evidence based health policy (to combat obesity). How does that translate to taking away people's free will?
Btw, I agree with what Stephen said.
Is to develop a much more physically active enviroment. I don't know if you've ever been to Austin, TX but that city is exactly what I am referring to. You see so many people walking, running, and biking. As a nation, we need to stop wasting tax money on stupid wars and start developing programs to encourage and develop a physically fit lifestyle. But we can't take away freedoms, such as ingesting whatever we feel like ingesting. Technically it's not an outright ban, but a suitably high tax amounts to the same thing.
i used to live in austin and, while there are a number of people who exercise regularly, most of the people do not. the problem is that cities like austin only encourage *recreational* exercise and are not set up for walking/biking/etc as a means of transportation. austin is one of the worst examples i can think of as the entire city is spread out between three US and state highways and a single interstate highway (I35).
all of the new growth is along one of these corridors, including all of the housing and business expansion. this requires everyone to drive somewhere to get their errands done. when i lived there, i purposely picked a neighborhood (far west) which was within walking distance of a grocery store, but even then i rarely walked and had to rely on recreational exercise to stay fit. our cities should be built to encourage walking/biking as a means of transportation if we are going to be serious about reducing obesity in the US.
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Sin taxes on fat and sugar. What do you think?
- 13/11/2012 09:19:33 AM
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Sure. Revenue's got to come from somewhere. But only after we end corn subsidies and the like. *NM*
- 13/11/2012 01:52:01 PM
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I think they are stupid ideas.
- 13/11/2012 02:11:14 PM
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Re: I think they are stupid ideas.
- 13/11/2012 03:28:59 PM
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Yeah you're right
- 13/11/2012 03:52:09 PM
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Yes, that is exactly what I meant
- 13/11/2012 03:59:00 PM
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The only fair way to combat obesity
- 13/11/2012 04:03:33 PM
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slight problem with your logic
- 13/11/2012 06:56:54 PM
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I would recommend you read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
- 14/11/2012 06:04:42 AM
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Palm oil? They want to tax shampoo?
- 13/11/2012 11:03:44 PM
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No, the tax is only for foodstuffs in which palm oil is an ingredient. I should've clarified that *NM*
- 14/11/2012 11:53:30 AM
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A palm oil tax is potentially a much more complex issue than you suggest
- 13/11/2012 11:12:24 PM
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Re: A palm oil tax is potentially a much more complex issue than you suggest
- 14/11/2012 05:25:15 PM
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