News Report on Channel 5 (California Bay Area)

[Guest guest]

Did anybody see the news report last night on channel 5 about obesity? I

know you've all heard of the tax on cigarettes that was applied in order to

" curb " the smokers. One doctor mentioned that he thinks that there should

be an extra tax on high fat and high sugar items....a junk food tax! Is

that not the most rediculous thing you've ever heard?!?!? How is that going

to help anybody? I mean, when you think about it....the tax on tabacco

products hasn't made people quit. What makes them think that people will

quit buying junk food? Not to mention....a lot of us that are overweight

aren't overweight entirely because we eat junk food anyway. Please...if

they want to help us....why don't they come up with something that would

actually work!?!?

:-)

M Palmer

(Phone)

(Fax)

kpalmer@...

[Guest guest]

That is so stupid. Not everyone that eats junk food has weight issues either.

My sister said something once that this food thing is probably worse in some

ways. We can eliminate drugs and cigarettes, alcohol and heal or be in

remission. We don't need it to live. But with food, you have to eat to live,

so its much more complex than simply not eating junk food. How about putting a

tax on thin people who think they have better will power and who think we are

weak and disgusting and make them fork over money for being thin which would be

sent to us heavy people that can't get our surgery covered with

insurance....LMAO Just as silly...LOL

" Palmer, " kpalmer@...> wrote:

>Did anybody see the news report last night on channel 5 about obesity? I

>know you've all heard of the tax on cigarettes that was applied in order to

> " curb " the smokers. One doctor mentioned that he thinks that there should

>be an extra tax on high fat and high sugar items....a junk food tax! Is

>that not the most rediculous thing you've ever heard?!?!? How is that going

>to help anybody? I mean, when you think about it....the tax on tabacco

>products hasn't made people quit. What makes them think that people will

>quit buying junk food? Not to mention....a lot of us that are overweight

>aren't overweight entirely because we eat junk food anyway. Please...if

>they want to help us....why don't they come up with something that would

>actually work!?!?

>

> :-)

> M Palmer

> (Phone)

> (Fax)

>kpalmer@...

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

At 09:450 -0700 6/7/01, Palmer, wrote:

> One doctor mentioned that he thinks that there should

>be an extra tax on high fat and high sugar items....a junk food tax! Is

>that not the most rediculous thing you've ever heard?!?!?

I'll bet nothing was said about prohibiting junk food advertising, was it???

--stella

[Guest guest]

Maine had a junk food tax. I'm not sure if thats what they called it but

anything that came in small or single serving sizes, chips candy ect. was

taxed, as the rest of our food items were not. I believed it has been

repealed but we had it for a couple of years. Pretty dumb huh!

Darlene from Maine

Darlene

Pre-op

BMI 49

waiting ?????

> Did anybody see the news report last night on channel 5 about obesity? I

> know you've all heard of the tax on cigarettes that was applied in order

to

> " curb " the smokers. One doctor mentioned that he thinks that there should

> be an extra tax on high fat and high sugar items....a junk food tax! Is

> that not the most rediculous thing you've ever heard?!?!? How is that

going

> to help anybody? I mean, when you think about it....the tax on tabacco

> products hasn't made people quit. What makes them think that people will

> quit buying junk food? Not to mention....a lot of us that are overweight

> aren't overweight entirely because we eat junk food anyway. Please...if

> they want to help us....why don't they come up with something that would

> actually work!?!?

>

> :-)

> M Palmer

> (Phone)

> (Fax)

> kpalmer@...

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

To the credit of Channel 5, they did recently do a fantastic 2-night

special on TV specifically devoted to the duodenal switch and several

of Dr Rabkin's patients. It was wonderfully done and something so

many of us have been wanting to see for many years now.

Original DGB/DS 1/11/2000

Revision of DS stomach 5/7/2001

down over 140 pounds

[Guest guest]

Yes, that was the Evening Magazine that I was talking about to answer

somebody's question about why Dr. Rabkin's office is taking so long to

respond to him. They are so swamped right now because of that show. I

wasn't actually slamming Channel 5....they just report the news. I was

talking about the idiots that they interviewed. hahaha

> Re: News Report on Channel 5 (California

> Bay Area)

>

> To the credit of Channel 5, they did recently do a fantastic 2-night

> special on TV specifically devoted to the duodenal switch and several

> of Dr Rabkin's patients. It was wonderfully done and something so

> many of us have been wanting to see for many years now.

>

>

> Original DGB/DS 1/11/2000

> Revision of DS stomach 5/7/2001

> down over 140 pounds

>

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Did anyone tape the show? And would they be willing to

share a copy? Thanks Angel

--- jligosky@... wrote:

> To the credit of Channel 5, they did recently do a

> fantastic 2-night

> special on TV specifically devoted to the duodenal

> switch and several

> of Dr Rabkin's patients. It was wonderfully done

> and something so

> many of us have been wanting to see for many years

> now.

>

>

> Original DGB/DS 1/11/2000

> Revision of DS stomach 5/7/2001

> down over 140 pounds

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I'm interested too.. will pay for the tape and shipping..

Liane

> > To the credit of Channel 5, they did recently do a

> > fantastic 2-night

> > special on TV specifically devoted to the duodenal

> > switch and several

> > of Dr Rabkin's patients. It was wonderfully done

> > and something so

> > many of us have been wanting to see for many years

> > now.

> >

> >

> > Original DGB/DS 1/11/2000

> > Revision of DS stomach 5/7/2001

> > down over 140 pounds

> >

> >

> >

>

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> >

[Guest guest]

You can actually order a copy of the show by calling one of the numbers

below. It was the show on " Weight Loss Miracle " that aired on 5/22 and 5/23

(it was a 2 part show). You can also go to www.eveningmagazine.com which

will also give you the same information.

To order a copy of " Evening Magazine, " please contact:

Video Monitoring Service

415/543-3361

News Duplicating service

Multivision

Weight Loss Miracle

Dr. Rabkin

www.pacificsurgery.com

:-)

M Palmer

(Phone)

(Fax)

kpalmer@...

> Re: News Report on Channel 5 (California

> Bay Area)

>

> I'm interested too.. will pay for the tape and shipping..

> Liane

>

>

> > > To the credit of Channel 5, they did recently do a

> > > fantastic 2-night

> > > special on TV specifically devoted to the duodenal

> > > switch and several

> > > of Dr Rabkin's patients. It was wonderfully done

> > > and something so

> > > many of us have been wanting to see for many years

> > > now.

> > >

> > >

> > > Original DGB/DS 1/11/2000

> > > Revision of DS stomach 5/7/2001

> > > down over 140 pounds

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

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> > >

[Guest guest]

Governments don't tax things so that people will stop a particular behavior.

If the government was serious about changing people's behavior, they would

ban a product, not tax it. Do you think that the government wants people to

stop smoking? No way. They get too much revenue from the sale of

cigarettes.

I think the next product that the government will attax (pun intended), will

be alcohol. After they have taxed that to death, they will come after fatty

foods.

The reason that the government is so successful in attacking certain

industries such as tobacco, or alcohol, is that the majority of people don't

use either. For example, if 24% of adults smoke, that means that 76% don't.

That is why you can't smoke in public anymore. I even seen an advertisement

on bus the other day telling people not to smoke in their own cars. Who

cares? 76% of the adult population don't.....

The problem with fatty foods, is who do they go after? Do they go after

chips and snack type foods, or do they go after Mcs and

Jack-n-the-Box? Their problem here is that over 50% of the public is

overweight and the percentage is going up all the time. How many people are

going to be willing to pay an extra $.25 per hamburger at the fast food

restaurant? Not many. I do believe that there are people even now,

plotting to go after the food industry. Just look at these type of " News "

shows. They report every little insignificant report, never check on the

sources or look for rebuttal, just go with what will sound good and

alarming.

Oh well, what are we to do?

I feel better just getting this off my chest.

Thanks for reading.

Ron Winkler

Surgery date: 6/12/01

Dr. Crookes, USC

BMI 61

> Did anybody see the news report last night on channel 5 about obesity? I

> know you've all heard of the tax on cigarettes that was applied in order

to

> " curb " the smokers. One doctor mentioned that he thinks that there should

> be an extra tax on high fat and high sugar items....a junk food tax! Is

> that not the most rediculous thing you've ever heard?!?!? How is that

going

> to help anybody? I mean, when you think about it....the tax on tabacco

> products hasn't made people quit. What makes them think that people will

> quit buying junk food? Not to mention....a lot of us that are overweight

> aren't overweight entirely because we eat junk food anyway. Please...if

> they want to help us....why don't they come up with something that would

> actually work!?!?

>

> :-)

> M Palmer

> (Phone)

> (Fax)

> kpalmer@...

>