If the government are so concerned about what our children are eating, both in and out of school. If they are so worried abut the potential health problems and how the NHS is going to cope in the future then the answer is very simple......
Taxation on Mc D's, KFC, Burger King, Kebab shops, Fish and Chip shops etc. For every £1 we spend at these shops now the price should be raised to £1.15 and the extra 15p is given in tax. That way people can eat all the junk food they want and still pay for their health care..
Maybe our government could then take it a bit further and add tax to cakes and biscuits, crisps, chocolate and other such junk... Then where will it end...... They may get greedy and start charging tax on the butter, eggs, sugar and flour that goes to make the cakes. That way they can catch out all of the clever people who make their own....
It seems that some leisure activities are too expensive for families to do together. Things like horse riding, a day at the sports centre can cost a fortune, martial arts, football kits, hiking gear all cost a pretty penny. Many schools don't have the facilities that they once did, so maybe some of the tax could fund leisure activities in schools......
Or maybe the government should butt out, stop trying to tell people what to do all of the time, and credit people with some intelligence and let them have some responsibility for their own lifestyles.....
I am not getting involved in the fat/thin issue on here. It took me years to put on weight from being painfully thin as a teenager.....
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