America already does with it's health insurances who don't give you MRA money / deductions in premium if you're over weight. However insurances should.
[–] Canada_is_gay [S] ago (edited ago)
Its not my area of expertise but as i understand it they can't until you have a BMI of 31 or more.
You're pretty fat before you hit that mark.
[–] crunchpunch 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's too generous. Why let the fats even get that big without paying for it?
[–] ThoughtsAndPlayers 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I am very happy Daddy Putin is taking my country in the right direction.
[–] SheogorathsPride 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Could just revert to communism, that'll do it too
[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Good. Targetting the individual is the only way to stop it. Vague sugar taxes, health initiatives, and advertising limits do nothing all for the same reason: they divert responsibility. When you tax soft drinks and ban McDick's from advertising, you tell fat people that it's not their fault they are fat, it's the soft drink's fault for existing. The consequence is social attitudes turn against fast food instead of against fat people and fat people become the victims, not the villains, who are at the mercy of the evil burger company. When you fine the individual, the message is that it is your fault you are fat and you need to fix yourself. The consequence is that fat people become vilified, normal people are not forced to pay a penalty for the lack of personal responsibility in others, and McDonald's isn't arbitrarily punished for building a successful business because it's easy to blame the big boogieman.
[–] Twodivinehipsters 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Excellent. US needs to do this next.
[–] Asinthe ago
90 cm of female WAISTLINE?! 90?! FFS... for fuck sake... I get not everyone is curved as an hourglass but 75+ is already pushing it too far