Fighting Obesity

Healthy Weight Loss The fight Against Obesity I watched a news item yesterday from the UK, where its seems that the government is preparing to to take action to reduce obesity which is getting out of control. Now they could be political suicide in taking on fast food manufactures such as Mac Donalds, Wimpy, Pizza Hut and others who have vast monetary resources. The spread of fast food is a major factor in the Obesity epidemic which is sweeping both the developed and developing world. Populations are getting fatter and also getting lazier. Could we be seeing a fast food tax, similar to a carbon tax applied against the fast food industry as a whole, or perhaps a point of service tax similar to VAT, with the benefits passed to the health service. we will have to wait and see. It seems that the UK is not alone. Taiwan already aims to be the first national government to introduce a junk food tax. A bill drafted by its Bureau of Health Promotion is due to be submitted to parliament this year; if approved it would come into effect next year. Romania's Health minister announced plans last January to impose a new tax. She wants to use the revenue to fight obesity and provide the desperate health-care system with the cash needed to fix its croaking infrastructure and to buy medicine. Australia's. Bureau of Statistics figures show that one in four children are overweight or obese. Data from the Heart Foundation shows cardiovascular disease is responsible for 34 per cent of Australian deaths. And, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a quarter of adults have untreated tooth decay. A survey conducted by Crosby Textor and commissioned by Research Australia last year revealed that two-thirds of Australians agree a "health tax on junk foods" should be imposed. Healthy Weight Loss Phone 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST