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tax the obese
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But has no relation to lifestyle or activity heart disease etc.
We are not talking a load of muscle as muscle is on average twice as dense as fat.
Tennis players, footballers, most regular athletes don't come out as obese. You would have to build muscle on purpose to get to those levels.0 -
obesity is a sign of disgusting over-consumption and idleness
you don't find obese people in china0 -
no but they all smoke and have terrible lung cancer rates...0
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PrivatisetheNHSnow wrote: »obesity is a sign of disgusting over-consumption and idleness
you don't find obese people in china
This was true in Japan until the American Fast Food Chains moved in.0 -
PrivatisetheNHSnow wrote: »the obese...
You have obviously never been on a rugby tour.
Stinking stupidity is actively encouraged."The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
Albert Einstein0 -
PrivatisetheNHSnow wrote: »obesity is a sign of disgusting over-consumption and idleness
you don't find obese people in china
ignorance is bliss, or in this case mandatory it appears0 -
maybe we should tax people who spend long hours infront of a computer. inactivity is a bigger risk for heart disease than obesity.
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/130904activityheartdisease.htmlThose who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
Eric_Pisch wrote: »ignorance is bliss, or in this case mandatory it appears
what do you mean? do you not understand that low fat asian diets and hard work do not create obesity?0 -
Tennis players, footballers, most regular athletes don't come out as obese. You would have to build muscle on purpose to get to those levels.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149807,00.html
Shaquille O'Neal would have been obese.
Why not just do it on waist measurement?
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PrivatisetheNHSnow wrote: »what do you mean? do you not understand that low fat asian diets and hard work do not create obesity?
but free access to the internet does allow the ignorant / stupid to post as you proved0
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