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Originally posted by seeker1963
reply to post by Cabin
Why government should prevent?First ones that come to mind
1) More ill-prone people. Less productive at work environment
2) More money spent on curing diseases which come from overweight
3) Worse image of the country internationally if lots of overweight people
4) Healthy people tend to be happier overally
Good luck!
After the ignorance of those statements, enjoy your fat bashing thread! Is ATS about denying ignorance OR promoting it??
In your case, you seem to be the latter!
This is not fat bashing thread, more of a health awareness thread. If I say to you: Start working or you will become fat, is it bashing fat people? These statistics simply show reality and wanted to share with you, that things do not seem good in that field. There were many health facts and statistics in the article.
About the reasons: These were just first things that came to my mind
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by Cabin
Why government should prevent?First ones that come to mind
1) More ill-prone people. Less productive at work environment
2) More money spent on curing diseases which come from overweight
3) Worse image of the country internationally if lots of overweight people
4) Healthy people tend to be happier overally
Lets get back to the basics….
What in the hell gives the government the authority to PREVENT these things?
You never answered my questions about the constitution and your understanding of law making and freedom (or how young your are ).
Please explain where government has the authority to tell Americans what weight they must maintain.
edit on 31-3-2013 by seabag because: (no reason given)
Why government should prevent?First ones that come to mind
1) More ill-prone people. Less productive at work environment
2) More money spent on curing diseases which come from overweight
3) Worse image of the country internationally if lots of overweight people
4) Healthy people tend to be happier overally
I am not that young.
If you read my other posts in the thread,you noticed I am not American. I just found this interesting fact and thought to share with you, even though I am not American.
My whole point was that, if people themselves do not do anything and government also does not do something to prevent it by influencing people´s behaviour, then such thing will become reality as the article mentioned
Originally posted by Cabin
My whole point was that, if people themselves do not do anything and government also does not do something to prevent it by influencing people´s behaviour, then such thing will become reality as the article mentioned
Originally posted by daryllyn
But, you guys shouldn't listen to me because I ate two Reese's peanut butter Easter eggs as I typed this reply.