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Anonymous
it bothers me because "And the bill is not just a few pounds here and there to repair a broken park bench or the odd public loo seat. Last year, treatment of obesity-related illnesses, including Type 2 diabetes and knee and hip operations, cost the National Health Service ? wait for it ? £1billion.
Another £2.5 billion was lost to the economy on account of premature death, sick pay and incapacity benefits related to obesity.
Extra transport costs incurred as a result of our increasing weight ran to £250 million because the fatter we grow, the fewer people can fit on any given bus or train. (By 2020, when a third of Britons will be clinically obese, 2,500 extra buses will have to be built, at a cost of £100,000 per bus, to cart our bulkier frames around.)" and "During filming, I went to Norwich to meet one of Britain's fattest men, Paul Mason, who currently weighs 47st (having reached a high of 65st in the past).
Paul has not got out of bed for eight years and his care costs the public purse £100,000 a year.
And that's not counting the two special vehicles built by St John Ambulance (at a cost of £100,000 each) to ferry him, and a handful of people like him, to and from hospital for the check-ups and treatment needed to keep him alive."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-388001/Shouldnt-tax-fatties.html
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