Should Larger-Size Clothes Come With Health Warning To Lose Weight?

Marc · 10-16-2007, 08:48 AM

Larger-size clothes should come with warning to lose weight, say experts

Clothes made in larger sizes should carry a tag with an obesity helpline number, health specialists have suggested. Sweets and snacks should not be permitted near checkouts, new roads should not be built unless they include cycle lanes and food likely to make people fat should be taxed, they say in a checklist of what we might “reasonably do” to deal with obesity.

Writing in the British Medical Journal, the team says that “pull yourself together, eat less and exercise more” is an inadequate response to obesity, voiced only by “less perceptive health professionals” and the media. What fat people need is help, advice and sympathy to overcome their addiction to food, says the group of public health professional, which includes Sir George Alberti, the Government’s national director for emergency care.

Their checklist of possible actions includes:

Printing a helpline numbers for advice with all clothes sold with a waist of more than 40in for men and 37in for boys, women’s garments with a waist of more than 35in or size 16 or above, and more than 31in for girls Banning the placement of sweets and fatty snacks at or near shop tills and at children’s eye level

Taxing processed foods that are high in sugar or saturated fat Introducing health checks for all school leavers, both primary and secondary

Allowing new urban roads only if they have cycle lanes

Establishing a dedicated central agency responsible for all aspects of obesity.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...505374,00.html

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Razz · 10-16-2007, 12:11 PM

How about making good healthy food at resonable prices?

jessa · 10-16-2007, 01:33 PM

I find the part about not permitting sweets and snacks near check-out lines kind of absurd. In response to, say, gambling addiction, casinos aren't kept from being built, advertised, or out of main areas of cities and towns just because some of us can't control urges.

How many smokers buy their packs of cigarettes and take what the surgeon general's warning says seriously enough to quit right then and there?

Addictions are all matters of self-control and faith. A label warning you of what you already know to be dangerous isn't effective.

ssspert · 10-16-2007, 06:37 PM

I'm built for comfort not speed anyway.

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Marc Administrator GCB Senior Citizen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The hearts of women everywhere. Age: 28 Posts: 2,705 Rep Power: 47	Should Larger-Size Clothes Come With Health Warning To Lose Weight? Larger-size clothes should come with warning to lose weight, say experts Clothes made in larger sizes should carry a tag with an obesity helpline number, health specialists have suggested. Sweets and snacks should not be permitted near checkouts, new roads should not be built unless they include cycle lanes and food likely to make people fat should be taxed, they say in a checklist of what we might “reasonably do” to deal with obesity. Writing in the British Medical Journal, the team says that “pull yourself together, eat less and exercise more” is an inadequate response to obesity, voiced only by “less perceptive health professionals” and the media. What fat people need is help, advice and sympathy to overcome their addiction to food, says the group of public health professional, which includes Sir George Alberti, the Government’s national director for emergency care. Their checklist of possible actions includes: Printing a helpline numbers for advice with all clothes sold with a waist of more than 40in for men and 37in for boys, women’s garments with a waist of more than 35in or size 16 or above, and more than 31in for girls Banning the placement of sweets and fatty snacks at or near shop tills and at children’s eye level Taxing processed foods that are high in sugar or saturated fat Introducing health checks for all school leavers, both primary and secondary Allowing new urban roads only if they have cycle lanes Establishing a dedicated central agency responsible for all aspects of obesity. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...505374,00.html hhhhmmmmmm?????? __________________ GCB Myspace Need Guitar Tabs? Need Song Lyrics?

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Razz Productive GCB Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 29 Posts: 1,115 Rep Power: 44	How about making good healthy food at resonable prices?

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jessa The Beast Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ocean Springs, you know, next to Biloxi Age: 20 Posts: 570 Rep Power: 10	I find the part about not permitting sweets and snacks near check-out lines kind of absurd. In response to, say, gambling addiction, casinos aren't kept from being built, advertised, or out of main areas of cities and towns just because some of us can't control urges. How many smokers buy their packs of cigarettes and take what the surgeon general's warning says seriously enough to quit right then and there? Addictions are all matters of self-control and faith. A label warning you of what you already know to be dangerous isn't effective.