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Oct 2015
6:32pm, 22 Oct 2015
5,431 posts
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Jambomo
What are the chances of any money raised via a sugar tax, actually being used to improve health or awareness?
Tax isn't the way to stop people doing things that they'd be better off not doing. Helping people be more aware of what they should eat and actually what they are eating, sugar and salt are I think some of the most hidden ingredients in foods - not everyone knows the hundred of varying names given to sugars.
I think what was said above about the food offers was correct as well. I usually take lunch but we had ran out so today I had to go to the supermarket to get something. I didn't have much money so I went for the meal deal, any sandwich/pasta dish, snack and bottle of juice for £3. Almost none of the sandwich or pasta options were healthy, and probably contained a lot of sugar and salt in things like the white bread and dressings which if you don't know better, you wouldn't really know was there. Also all the snack options were sweets and crisps as the only fruit they offered hadn't been delivered. Why can't they have healthy and cheap options?
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Oct 2015
6:44pm, 22 Oct 2015
22,630 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Zero chance. Gives don't like hypothecate get taxes because it ties their hands when they want to chuck our money around on their next vanity wank project.
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Oct 2015
6:44pm, 22 Oct 2015
22,631 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Bloody hell that made no sense. Don't like to hypothecate taxes etc...
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Oct 2015
6:50pm, 22 Oct 2015
437 posts
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Tonybv9
I had to grab lunch at a supermarket today, too. The sandwich section was located next to the huge selection of fruit and veg, but like you say, the meal deal didn't include an apple or similar.
I think there comes a point when tax is an option. Some people just don't respond to education. How much was 5 a day publicised? Despite all that effort, there are some who believe a jaffa cake counts towards the 5. (Poll on a TV programme).
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Oct 2015
6:55pm, 22 Oct 2015
5,303 posts
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Too Much Water
The meal deal is marketing! No-one says you have to choose the deal!
You could get a sandwich and 2 apples for the price, have a drink when you get back to you desk (assuming you're an office monkey)
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Oct 2015
7:14pm, 22 Oct 2015
11,740 posts
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ChrisHB
very true, tmw.
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Oct 2015
7:43pm, 22 Oct 2015
6,784 posts
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Binks
Who do people trust more? Coca Cola or the Conservative Party?
Essentially a yay or nay for a sugar tax decides who gets the money.
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Oct 2015
8:02pm, 22 Oct 2015
438 posts
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Tonybv9
Yes TMW, of course the meal deal is optional. The point is it steers people towards certain choices, and away from others.
I didn't have a meal deal, btw - I never do.
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Oct 2015
8:12am, 23 Oct 2015
16,758 posts
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DeeGee
I was watching a "Tonight" programme last night about sugar and obesity. I was shocked when Fiona Phillips said that the recommended maximum intake of refined sugar for a child is 24 grammes a day.
Which is two dessert spoonsful.
Which is what I used to put on my Weetabix every morning when I was little.
We need to educate before we punish, and we're going about things in the right sort of way by educating our children as they are more receptive to the idea. My five year old is very interested in what foods are healthy and which aren't.
Problem is, he comes home and asks if something we're eating is healthy or not. That relies on the rest of us knowing, which not everyone does.
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Oct 2015
8:51am, 23 Oct 2015
693 posts
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Cheg
The amount of conflicting stuff there is on diets I don't think anyone knows what is healthy. The only common ground seems to be lose the processed crap.
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