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Looks like Britan is the United States of Europe after all.

Britain is fattest country in Europe

Nish, just tell me you're not from the Houston of England. Lots of all you can eat pie and chips specials in your neck of the woods?

Two months ago, the Department of Health warned that 13 million people in England would be obese by 2010 if nothing was done to tackle the problem.

Nice nanny state mentality. What exactly are they going to do about it, other than blame the problem on an influx of American fast food?

OCmike wrote:

Two months ago, the Department of Health warned that 13 million people in England would be obese by 2010 if nothing was done to tackle the problem.

Nice nanny state mentality. What exactly are they going to do about it, other than blame the problem on an influx of American fast food?

Since the prime candidates for obesity are the poor and the elderly (aka: the most likely to be dependent on governmental assistence), I suspect they could do quite a bit about it IF they put their minds to it.

I think its the kids who are the prime candidates because they are eating foods high in fat

BSmack wrote:

OCmike wrote:

Two months ago, the Department of Health warned that 13 million people in England would be obese by 2010 if nothing was done to tackle the problem.

Nice nanny state mentality. What exactly are they going to do about it, other than blame the problem on an influx of American fast food?

Since the prime candidates for obesity are the poor and the elderly (aka: the most likely to be dependent on governmental assistence), I suspect they could do quite a bit about it IF they put their minds to it.

How do you legislate what someone eats?

OCmike wrote:

BSmack wrote:Since the prime candidates for obesity are the poor and the elderly (aka: the most likely to be dependent on governmental assistence), I suspect they could do quite a bit about it IF they put their minds to it.

How do you legislate what someone eats?

Very easily when they're standing in a dole line. Or, as American schoolchildren are about to find out, when they are in a school cafeteria.

Guess we'll be seeing more BBW porn from Nish.

BSmack wrote:

OCmike wrote:

Two months ago, the Department of Health warned that 13 million people in England would be obese by 2010 if nothing was done to tackle the problem.

Nice nanny state mentality. What exactly are they going to do about it, other than blame the problem on an influx of American fast food?

Since the prime candidates for obesity are the poor and the elderly (aka: the most likely to be dependent on governmental assistence), I suspect they could do quite a bit about it IF they put their minds to it.

Oh? You want them to STARVE the poor? Way to go Republican on us.

If you think this is a proper issue for government to adress, you should be shot in the face. No questions asked.

If you're talking about people on welfare getting obese and ending up taxing the medicare system because they spend all of our tax money on pork rinds and soda, damn right its a government issue. HOW our tax money is spent IS A government issue.

Simple solution is to narrow the food choices available to welfare recipients, excluding soda, candy, snack foods, ice cream, etc.

Maybe when they hate their diet enough they'll go out and get a job so they can buy the shit that makes them fat.

Yeah right.

mvscal wrote:Well I suppose they could be given a nice heaping portion of jack fucking shit. That ought to help lower their caloric intake.

If you think this is a proper issue for government to adress, you should be shot in the face. No questions asked.

Whether it is or is not proper for government to address this issue is not the question at hand. The question is can governmental action have an impact? It can, because the welfare state is designed to allow government wide latitude when a case can be made (however specious it might be) that said action is in the "public interest".

The Brits simply need to start consuming something other than bacon wrapped in bacon washed down with a quart of ale.

Mmmm. Bacon