Posted on 12/15/2006 12:19:17 PM PST by Abathar
A leading professor in the U.K. said that obese people should be warned about the health risks of their weight when buying clothes, according to The Daily Mail.
Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, said that oversized clothing should have obesity help line numbers sewn on them to try to reduce Britain's obesity crisis.
The professor made the recommendations in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal.
Sir George Albert, the U.K.'s national director for emergency care, joined other health professionals in their recommendations. He wants the government to take a more proactive response to obesity.
The suggestion would be to put the label on all clothes with waist sizes over 37 inches for boys or 31 inches for girls. Women's clothes over size 16 would also get a label.
The paper reported that Sattar also believes new urban roads should only be built if they include a separate lane for bicyclists.The professor also said that new housing complexes should all include sports facilities and park areas.
Britain's obesity problem could bankrupt its health system if nothing is done to stop it, according to Sattar. The British Medical Journal reported that more than half of the U.K.'s population is overweight and more than one in five adults is obese.
Treating obese people in that country takes up about 9 percent of the health budget, the Mail reported.
Sattar thinks there should be more political intervention. He told the journal that he also wants food manufacturers to display nutrition information on the content of all meals and snacks at retail and catering outlets.
"People clearly have some responsibility for their health, but society and government have a responsibility to make the preferred, easy choices healthier ones," Sattar said.
Sattar said in the journal that education should be provided at all levels to change behavior towards diet and physical activity, and obesity made a core part of all medical training, according to a press release.
If they really are concerned about the health of the British people how about stamping "TROP" on the foreheads of the immigrants that come there.
What are these fools afraid of?
I cut the tags off of my clothes. Maybe that's the reason I'm overweight.
This old world has gone completely mad!
Probably their deepest darkest fear is not being able to come up with more useless legislation.
Labels on clothing: Sorry...I'm overweight, but I don't need the "advice." Don't know about in the UK, but here in the states, we are bombarded with enough messages on the subject.
Now, building roads to accommodate bicyclers -- I'd say yes. Same problem here in the States, at least where I live, roads are often not good for bicyclers (and no sidewalks for pedestrians either).
Heck, let's put microchips in spoons that repeat with every bite: "Stop, please, you're getting fat!"
Naw, we need warnings on restaurant tables. I had a customer who had to sit sideways at a table because he couldn't reach it if he sat straight.
"You must be able to reach the table with both hands to be served."
The assumption of course is that people are too stupid to realize they are overweight and need the Mary Poppins Government to let them know. I'd say these doctors are plenty arrogant.
Yeah, Naveed, great idea. You go first.
Look, if people want to eat to the point where they get obese, that's their call.
Meanwhile, any government should keep it's nose out of its citizens' clothes.
Or, "You must be taller than you are wide to be served."
Better yet, have one of those luggage-measuring-type thingies they use at the airports. "If you can't fit in here, we can't serve you food."
I even searched, but they used completely different titles...(sigh)
This reminds me of those bumper stickers that say "if you can read this, you are too close"
Only this time it reads "if you can wear this, you are too fat"
Or even better "don't eat me!"
"This old world has gone completely mad!"
Right. Some people are trying to save us from every bad thing that could possibly happen to humanity. That will never happen. There is always something life threatening around the corner.
Best one I've heard yet. LOL!
"Do you know how many sheep had to be sheered for this sweater? Lose some weight!"
Like the old bumper sticker stated "If you can read this, you're too damn close". Now we get "If you can wear this, you're too damn fat". ;-)
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