Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:08 pm
I believe sugar is legally limited / controlled / taxed now. I only say that 'cause I've noticed soft drinks now often have loads less sugar and loads more artificial sweetener. I cannot stand the taste of artificial sweetener, it ruins any drink for me. Thus on the once-in-a-blue-moon occasions I drink coke and the like the only thing I'll drink is full fat Coca-Cola 'cause it's still got 100% real sugar. Everything else now tastes like arse to me.
I thought they'd proposed to tax sugar in soft drinks and the manufacturers have reacted to the threat. Could be wrong but I don't think they've actually done anything yet. Likewise there's talk about doing something about reducing salt in food, but just talk. (Usually about telling people how much salt is in things or tax it rather than a threat to force any reduction).
Can't say I think necking loads of artificial sweetener is actually much better than having an occasional full on 16tsp of sugar per 600ml coke anyway.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:07 pm
Government estimated figures for obesity related costs to the NHS in 2020 = £6.3 billion. Estimated costs for 'wider society' = £27bn. Projected figures for 2050 are £9.7bn and £49.9bn.
That's not just diabetes, obvs.
Those people are not likely to be collecting their pensions for 20 or 30 years before clogging up the hospitals and care homes suffering from dementia.
Mentioning the other side of the balance sheet is only fair, isn't it?
Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:07 pm
Government estimated figures for obesity related costs to the NHS in 2020 = £6.3 billion. Estimated costs for 'wider society' = £27bn. Projected figures for 2050 are £9.7bn and £49.9bn.
That's not just diabetes, obvs.
Those people are not likely to be collecting their pensions for 20 or 30 years before clogging up the hospitals and care homes suffering from dementia.
Mentioning the other side of the balance sheet is only fair, isn't it?
nope, you're dead right. Maybe not by as much as you think though.
"Obesity reduces life expectancy by an average of 3 to 10 years,"
Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:07 pm
Government estimated figures for obesity related costs to the NHS in 2020 = £6.3 billion. Estimated costs for 'wider society' = £27bn. Projected figures for 2050 are £9.7bn and £49.9bn.
That's not just diabetes, obvs.
Those people are not likely to be collecting their pensions for 20 or 30 years before clogging up the hospitals and care homes suffering from dementia.
Mentioning the other side of the balance sheet is only fair, isn't it?
nope, you're dead right. Maybe not by as much as you think though.
"Obesity reduces life expectancy by an average of 3 to 10 years,"
...and reducing mortality and morbidity by 10% may increase GDP by 9.6% according to some figures (WHO IIRC) so it's generally thought that improving the health of a population is an overall economic benefit rather than a burden.
Maybe we're not ready to introduce the Carousel á la Logan's Run just yet.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Looks like the shits about to hit the fan https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... l-shortage
" government has told wastewater plants in England and Wales they may be able to discharge effluent that had not been fully treated because of disruption caused by “supply chain failure”."
Asian Boss wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:40 pm
It looks like Christmas is to be Brexited away again. Brexited away by the Bracists.
Still, if it means the sending back of the buggers, that's a price worth paying. As the old saying goes, you can't send the buggers back without Brexiting away some Christmases.
A land fit for heroes. No more buggers. That's the Brexit I voted for.
Brexit stole your future and your Christmas?
You haven't had much luck have you
It may have stolen Christmas but at least it defended the statues
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
