Posted on 04/30/2008 7:24:45 AM PDT by 14erClimb
Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series on financial what-ifs.
In the United States today, 66% of adults are overweight. Almost 33% of adults are obese, and 4.7% are morbidly obese, or more than 100 pounds overweight. But . . .
What if nobody in America were fat?
We'd save billions of dollars in gas. Airlines would double their profits. A dearth of diabetes and other diseases would save billions of dollars more -- and put thousands of doctors on the street. McDonald's would sell not Big Macs but little steamed chicken snacks -- or watch its profits melt away. Productivity would rise, potentially creating tens of thousands more jobs or higher wages all around.
Add up the savings up on health, food, clothing and efficiencies, and you could buy a professional home gym for every U.S. household -- or hand each $4,270 in cash.
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Actually all that’s wrong with that burger is the bread. Take that away and it’s health food.
The war on tobacco continues .... now the war on fat people starts.
IMHO, it’s working moms. I kn
ow that some have no choice, but many do, and choose to not be a homemaker.
Not at my house. My DH is from India, and the spicier the food, the better for him!! Have you ever smelled Indian ‘pickle’?!
Just don’t light any matches around here, okay? ;-)
I'm sure the government would love to outlaw stuff like that.
not so... not everyone who eats junk food is overweight or fat...
Farming and hospitality economic sectors would collapse. There would then be food shortages and people would starve because they had no fat reserves. I for one will NEVER let this atrocity happen. Today is 30 cent wing day at Wiggy’s here in Pittsburgh. I will do my share to help save the world.
We’d save a ton of money just not giving anyone health care. Or, we could regulate everything they do in life, from who they have sex with (and how often) to what type of bed they sleep in. That would save a lot of money too.
Just want to clarify - John Belushi died of a drug overdose. Had nothing to do with his weight.
“Processed food companies would be out of businessespecially the diet soda folks.”
Actually, diet sodas are part of the reason I’m not fat - if I consumed the amount of regular, sugared soda that I do diet sodas, the huge amount of sugar would surely put the pounds on me. Sure, an even healthier choice would be drink other things, like water, unsweetened tea and coffee, and so on, but diet sodas do have their place.
The government would be asking for a consumer revolt on a massive scale if they tried!
That’s a beautiful thing.
Exactly.
It must be nice to have a perfect body.
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