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Title: Report: 'Fat Tax' Could Curb Nation's Obesity Problem
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URL Source: http://www.theindychannel.com/health/31079697/detail.html
Published: May 18, 2012
Author: TheIndyChannel.com
Post Date: 2012-05-18 18:22:14 by Capitalist Eric
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Views: 1884
Comments: 3
INDIANAPOLIS -- Health experts have been trying to combat obesity in America for years and have recently suggested a new way to solve the growing problem. A new study suggests that imposing a fat tax on unhealthy food and drinks could help slim down expanding waistlines. Slideshow: 10 Most Fattening Foods Of Summer Slideshow: Which Movie Foods Ruin Your Waistline? Slideshow: What Snacks Work For Diabetics? According to British Medical Journal , more than 60 percent of Americans are overweight. Under the tax, a $4 cheeseburger would cost an extra 80 cents, RTV6's Stacia Matthews reported. Some Hoosiers found the proposed fat tax hard to swallow. "I don't think we should tax people and the way they run their lives,” one man said. Others said a fat tax is palatable. "I'd pay 20 percent. It's worth it,” one woman said. "I would eat a lot more healthy just to save more money.” Researchers said a fat tax could drop obesity rates by 3.5 percent and prevent 2,700 heart-related deaths a year. The study also urged subsidies for healthier foods and veggies to make them more affordable. Dr. Eric Wright, who heads the Department of Public Health at the Indiana University School of Medicine, said the fat tax falls right in line with other consumer products. "We've applied tax to alcohol and tobacco and that has definitely shown through very many studies that it actually decreased use. So, the logic has been applied to fatty foods and preliminary evidence in Europe is that it’s very effective,” Wright said. Researchers said Indiana spends $3.5 billion a year on obesity-related medical costs. "The reality is, with two-thirds of the population being overweight or obese, that's what's driving up health care costs and you can either choose to pay now, or you can pay later,” Wright said. Critics of the tax said people who choose to eat healthier foods should receive tax breaks and incentives.
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#1. To: Capitalist Eric (#0)
Making them pay 50-100% more for their insurance policies would get there attention more than paying .80 cents more for an artery buster...... (I can't wait to hear someone say that's discrimination)???? Confuscious say: "Inside of every skinny person is a fat one just waiting to bust out"....
Leftardism/Liberalism: The chickenschitt way to deal with life’s problems by creating solutions to problems that don’t exist, thereby creating a problem where none existed before and then having to find a solution to that one…
What are they going to do with the revenue, hire more think tanks to come up with new ideas for more taxes? Isn't this discrimination against fat socialist slobs like Michael Moore?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I'm old enough I can remember when everybody was talking about how this was going to happen,and almost everybody thought it was a joke. Now everybody takes it seriously. This just shows how much America has devolved in the last 20 years.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
"The reality is, with two-thirds of the population being overweight or obese, that's what's driving up health care costs and you can either choose to pay now, or you can pay later,” Wright said.
#2. To: Capitalist Eric, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: Capitalist Eric (#0)
A new study suggests that imposing a fat tax on unhealthy food and drinks could help slim down expanding waistlines.
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