Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Creative Ways to reduce Obesity!

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HOLIDAY cheer can give way to new year's gloom when over-indulgers realise that it may take months to shed the pounds put on as a result of festive gluttony. But next year the desire to slim down may gain an unexpected ally: the government. On Tuesday December 16th New York’s governor, David Paterson, announced a controversial plan to help the state’s fight against an obesity crisis while simultaneously replenishing New York’s empty coffers. In 2009 consumers will have to pay an 18% tax on non-diet sodas and sugary drinks.

Critics have denounced the new measure as a “sin tax”. The American Beverage Association, with an outrage only a notch or two below that which sparked the Boston Tea Party, has called Mr Paterson’s tax an unjust “money grab”. The beverage industry is fearful that the new tax will do to fizzy drinks what similar taxes did to smoking: push prices so high that it discourages consumers.

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  1. Do you think such laws help in reducing the consumption of food items that are injurious??? Or are they legitimized to fill the pockets of government officials. Do you think such laws will help our country and countrymen too????

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