unable to travel on normal public transport unless they pay extra

A travel organisation called Skyscanner has done a survey and confirmed what a similar survey done by Ryanair a few months ago also found out. Skyscanner claim that 76 percent of those people questioned said that overweight passengers should be made to pay more for their seats in the form of a fat tax. This survey highlights the negative attitude that many people have towards overweight and obese individuals and shows that the majority of people believe that they are somehow personally responsible for their weight problems.

People we have spoken to at Ukmedix News even go as far as to say that things like smoking which were at one time socially acceptable but now are met with public disapproval will be thought to be the same as obesity. They say that in ten years time the huge financial backlash caused by obese people having their health care funded by the National Health Service will result in them becoming social pariahs and unable to travel on normal public transport unless they pay extra.

These people argue that by discriminating against obese people you were doing them a big favour because you are forcing them to take stock of their situation and to lose weight. The truth is however that ostracising and discriminating against obese people more often than not actually makes their condition worse as they feel helpless and demoralised which makes them turn to eating for comfort.

The way to deal with the obesity crisis in the United Kingdom and worldwide is not by punishing obese people but is by helping them and educating them. Ukmedix News believes that legislation which taxes fast food and prevents its advertising at children would be far more effective than any other government health program in the long term.

Michelle Obama has recently launched an initiative in the United States which she believes will be effective but from our own intuition at Ukmedix News we reckon that unless it is it accompanied by strong rules to protect children from predatory food companies it will be just a lot of hot air and very few results.