With the proposal today that sugary drinks should be treated and thought of much more like we do cigarettes what do we think then Lifers? Shouldn't those with a 5 can of Redbull a day habit take a bit more responsibility for their own health AND make a greater contibution towards the growing costs of treating obesity?
0
Comments
Would eliminate the relatively lightweight (no pun intended) argument that it is too expensive to feed a family healthily and that crisps, cokes and turkey twizzlers are the only way to nourish their sprogs.
If you want to put sh1te in your body (as all of us do sometimes I imagine) then you'll have to pay a bit extra for it.
Wouldn't be long before manufacturers soon converted to producing healthy food to follow the £.
The fact that the bloke in charge of the NHS Trust that presided over the deaths of loads of people in his North Staffs hospital can get PROMOTED demonstrates that the welfare of ordinary people isn't a terribly high priority.
Which begs the question what is the real angle on all this health fascism? The EU perhaps like the horsemeat thing?
M& S Ceasar Salad 385 Calories 12.00g of fat of which 9g is saturated fat.
Apart from which Big Macs taste good, M& S salads taste like sh*t so why would it cost 40 times more?
Sky tv, xboxes and lazy boy armchairs are expensive.
You can eat healthily and well economically if you take the time to look into it.
It doesn't cost anything to go for a brisk walk every day and not much to go jogging.
People need to take more responsibility for their own lives and stop making excuses looking for others to be accountable for every aspect of their well being.
I imagine that most have more disposable income than previous generations i.e 50 years ago but there were probably less morbidly obese people about then.
Should the same logic apply?
If not why the blatant discrimination against fat people?
You can stop being fat, you cant stop being gay and you cant stop having HIV. So your logic is a tad bizarre.
Anyway, I'm using this as a basic generalisation, the fact of the matter is Big Macs, whoppers, chicken buckets etc. cost less than healthier foods which people should be encouraged to eat. When buying a meal for one as well, do you know how expensive it is to buy a single chicken breast, a single tomato, a single pepper, a single onion etc. etc. compared to just buying a shitty value meal
In the same way as those who are fat can choose what to eat.
I'm simply taking RCT's statement logically and literally by picking on an establishment sacred cow and contrasting it with the current
Wagstaffscapegoat, fat people.The real point I'm making is one of individual freedom and choice.
Even fat people are entitled to that or maybe not?
For 30 yrs the soft drinks industry has supplied low cal options
But do you not think that it would be beneficial to families for the government to make healthy foods cheaper and not increase luxury items
I am a large lad yet I dont drink and never have drunk fizzy drinks
Except alcohol and guess what it weren't until I found pubs that I got fat
If for example it cost less for a family make a healthy fresh ingredient dinner most if not all would do it
To me this is just another shite way of people having to pay more for things they enjoy
If this happens then there will be huge job losses as this industry is already on its arse
People are already changing the habits on consuming fizzy drinks
Wouldn't it be great if you could have a nice bit of meat Some veg and healthy treat for your kids for less than it costs for
Turkey dinosaurs and potatoe faces
All the time the balance is the wrong way round kids will get fat because it's cheaper for families to feed on processed low nutritional items than healthy high nutritional items
That way we will feel more like the children they want to treat us as.
The tax is there to cover the costs of increasing health care due to fizzy drinks (such as teeth and gum problems, as well as obesity).
I can walk into any shop today and find that 2 bottles of coke are cheaper than 2 bottles of water/juice. That's a problem that needs to be corrected.
As for the taxing of unhealthy foods surely you are not naive enough to believe that therevenue raised on cigarettes and alcohol is actually going to assist the health service or any other worthwhile cause - just like the fact there are no potholes in the road because we pay the Raod Fund Licence?
It's a combination yes increase the cost makes sense but be aware the consumer not buying will not make the companies find a healthier option as most already have
Zero sugar
Zero calorie
Zero fat
Products on the shelf you will just make more people unemployed
Wouldn't it be a much better option
To then reduce the cost by removing any tax on the purchase of healthy items
Especially as the horse meat issue is in the processed food items
If you can get families to see that buying heathy foods costs less and tastes better then people would do it
When I was younger the items like burgers and findus crispy pancakes (example) were dearer and more of a treat than the dinner my mum Or dad prepared from scratch every evening
The whole thing has turned on its head
But pumped full of fluoride, something which is used in many poisons
Ditto takeaways.
And the sugar and chemicals in processed food keep it "fresh" for longer so better value for retailers.
Processed white bread is much cheaper (about 1/3) than bread made in the old fashioned way but it is not only more expensive but harder to find and goes off quicker.
And it tastes "funny" to many raised on mothers pride so they won't eat it.