RE: Re: 'South Beach' Means Hearts, Not Bikinis

[Guest guest]

Hi Rodney: Why does that need to change? I believe in " live and let live "

(or in this case: " die young if you want to " ) - EXCEPT for my husband who I

would like to live out his years in a healthy way for selfish reasons.

I don't believe in shoving anything down people's throats. It's their

lives, their health etc. The knowledge is there for the taking. If they

would rather eat whatever they want, who are we to force them to do

otherwise? That smacks to me of too much " prosyletizing " .

on 4/14/2004 2:48 PM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi Francesca:

>

> What you are saying is that the majority of people are far more

> motivated to satisfy their whim of the moment than they are about

> preserving their health.

>

> That is not rational, and it needs to change.

>

> Rodney.

>

> (I still have that image in my mind of JW's double-wide doors!)

>

>

>

> " ............. It's too easy to grab

> any old thing off the shelf, or drive into a Mcs and scarf down

> a big Mac. People want convenience and taste. "

>

[Guest guest]

i see your point!!

on 4/14/2004 3:38 PM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi Francesca:

>

> Well how about if your tax rate was based on your BF%? : ^ ))) (To

> help pay for the costs of obesity-related illness).

>

> Rodney.

[Guest guest]

It would seem logical to apply actuarial experience to at least the portion

of our taxes that end up spent on preventable conditions like smoking,

eating too much, or too wrong.

Good luck trying to get the majority who is already overweight and still

increasing in number and mass, to vote themselves a tax increase.

Perhaps private insurance companies are more likely to embrace this logic

but there are still problems in perfecting a fair and science based

approach. For example simple BMI metrics could incorrectly classify muscle

laden individuals as being obese.

But of course it's fun to talk about this....

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: Rodney [mailto:perspect1111@...]

Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:39 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: 'South Beach' Means Hearts, Not Bikinis

Hi Francesca:

Well how about if your tax rate was based on your BF%? : ^ ))) (To

help pay for the costs of obesity-related illness).

Rodney.

> >

> > " ............. It's too easy to grab

> > any old thing off the shelf, or drive into a Mcs and scarf

down

> > a big Mac. People want convenience and taste. "

> >