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KG4JYD
06-27-2008, 02:18 AM
Japan's Weird War on Waistlines
We've reported in the past on proposals to create "fat taxes" to penalize the selling or eating of politically-incorrect (i.e., high-fat or high-calorie) foods.
But now busybody bodyweight bureaucrats in Japan have gone way, way beyond that.
A new national law requires all citizens between the ages of 40 and 74 to have their waists regularly measured annually. That's over 56 million waistlines, about 44 percent of the population.
According to U.S. News & World Report: "If a man's waist is more than 33.5 inches or a woman's more than 35.5 inches, they are considered at risk and referred for counseling and close monitoring."
By some estimates more than half of Japan's men in this age group are expected to fail the measuring test.
And this law has sharp teeth. Private companies and local governments will be hit with hefty financial penalties if their employees fail to meet the waistband quotas set by Japan's Ministry of Health.
NEC, Japan's largest maker of personal computers, estimates it faces up to $19 million in penalties should its employees fail to measure up. Or measure down. Or whatever.
In response, some companies have created mandatory diet programs, counseling, and weight-loss boot camps for their employees.
As U.S. News & World Report says, these new laws have "given the government and employers ... places at the dinner table in ordinary Japanese homes." How lovely.
How long before Food Nazis in the U.S. glom onto this idea and demand it be implemented in The Land of The Free?
(Sources: U.S. News & World Report:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/06/04/japan-cracks-down-on-waistlines_print.htm
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13fat.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Center for Consumer Freedom:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/3660 )
N4VGB
06-27-2008, 02:24 AM
Now there's a ball that the PETA people will take and run with, no more cheeseburgers! :eek:
Better stock those freezers with plenty of beef quickly! :rolleyes:
KL1ZB
06-27-2008, 02:26 AM
Welcome to socialized health care.
That would pretty much kill it here in the US if they started mandating things like that.
How long before Food Nazis in the U.S. glom onto this idea and demand it be implemented in The Land of The Free?
We don't very often follow what Japan does, but once Europe gets a hold of this, we're done!!
kb3laz
06-27-2008, 02:29 AM
Ban fat people huh, now thats strange,lol.
They should ban skinny people too that way everyone looks the same.:rolleyes:
So they have started the replicated drone movement have they. Just wait we will be next, then expect to live in catacombs. Government issued weight control will lead to mind control.:eek: Oh well if we are to become hollow ghost like shells so be it.;)
ad5mb
06-27-2008, 02:33 AM
Got to wonder how this will affect the sumo industry
N4VGB
06-27-2008, 03:01 AM
Got to wonder how this will affect the sumo industry
OH MY! The fines are going to be high there! :D
Welcome to socialized health care.
That would pretty much kill it here in the US if they started mandating things like that.
As opposed to that healthy lifestyle of obesity?
k2kli
06-27-2008, 03:07 AM
What I want to know is, does that 35.5 count if you're pregnant? :p
KD4LEI
06-27-2008, 03:48 AM
People for Eating Tasty Animals that is... :D
KD4LEI
06-27-2008, 04:05 AM
Welcome to socialized health care.
That would pretty much kill it here in the US if they started mandating things like that.
Not to mention the lawsuits that would fly. :eek:
kc9jwa
06-27-2008, 03:53 PM
Ban fat people huh, now thats strange,lol.
They should ban skinny people too that way everyone looks the same.:rolleyes:
So they have started the replicated drone movement have they. Just wait we will be next, then expect to live in catacombs. Government issued weight control will lead to mind control.:eek: Oh well if we are to become hollow ghost like shells so be it.;)
Yeah they can ban a small muscular build like me , long as my big buddys aint all alone.:) i do think it is wrong to ban big people, thats just cruel cause most try to change thier weight. as for sumos that is nutz to be that big, but yeah thats what japans full of i thought.:eek:
kl7aj
06-27-2008, 04:06 PM
Welcome to socialized health care.
That would pretty much kill it here in the US if they started mandating things like that.
'specially at Field Day!
WB8MKV
06-27-2008, 04:08 PM
What a waste of time, this here waist business.....
KG4JYD
06-27-2008, 04:36 PM
Welcome to socialized health care.Well - that and they'll hand out needles to terminally ill patients instead of actually giving them any medical attention.
KD6NIG
06-27-2008, 06:33 PM
You gotta admit, its a heck of a way to get people to lose weight.
To look better? Nah.
To have better health? Nah.
We'll convict you and sentence you to death?
Yeah, thats a heck of a way to get people to get with the program.....Fail at that diet and you're going to have issues :)
K4GUN
06-27-2008, 08:44 PM
Why are women allowed to be fatter than men?
n2ize
06-27-2008, 09:42 PM
Well - that and they'll hand out needles to terminally ill patients instead of actually giving them any medical attention.
We don't give them any medical attention now.
Why are women allowed to be fatter than men?
Body fat is required for female fertility?
ad5mb
06-28-2008, 01:25 AM
Body fat is required for female fertility?
Yeah. Always a shortage of that in Asia.
KG4JYD
06-28-2008, 02:10 AM
Why are women allowed to be fatter than men?I live by the concept of "WE CAN DATE IF YOUR IQ IS HIGHER THAN YOUR WEIGHT!!!"
:D
I live by the concept of "WE CAN DATE IF YOUR IQ IS HIGHER THAN YOUR WEIGHT!!!"
:D
Great pickup line. No wonder you're still single.
w8gtf
06-28-2008, 02:32 AM
People for Eating Tasty Animals that is... :D
Meat is murder....Tasty Tasty Murder!
KG4JYD
06-28-2008, 02:34 AM
Great pickup line. No wonder you're still single.It's not a pickup line... it's a philosophy to live by :cool:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x93/sonicspikesalbum/Datingguide.jpg
Women have a higher percentage of body fat because of estrogen, and because testosterone is at much lower levels than in males, at least males who haven't ran into andropause yet. It is a scientific fact that as males age, they go through the same reduction in hormones that women go through, it's just testosterone, not estrogen. The older Docs didn't worry when lab values were low normal, because they were still "within normal limits". Unfortunately, low normal isn't the same thing as optimal quality of life. Younger Docs are now treating men for low normal testosterone with pure testosterone, and the results have been very positive. Lean body mass increases, percentage of body fat decreases, patients have more energy and strength, but there are other side effects that require real good judgement in deciding to use the drug in the first place. Women that take estrogen for too long, later in life, find increased risk for ovarian cancer and breast cancer. For men it would be increased risk for testicular cancer, and anger problems. This stuff has to be monitored closely.
Why are the Japanese so concerned about obesity when there smoking rates have gone through the roof, as has heart disease, heart attack rates and diabetes? They're gonna have a HARD time in teaching their people to unlearn their acquired Western lifestyles. As far as the sumos are concerned, I have no clue.
kc9jwa
07-02-2008, 03:21 AM
Meat is murder....Tasty Tasty Murder!
Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.:p
kb3laz
07-02-2008, 06:55 AM
Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.:p
Oh come on Steph rabbit is good.:D
kb3laz
07-02-2008, 06:57 AM
It's not a pickup line... it's a philosophy to live by :cool:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x93/sonicspikesalbum/Datingguide.jpg
That looks like a lightning bug (firefly) with its wings spread.:p
k9kxq
07-02-2008, 07:13 AM
Tame rabbit is the best, just grab em by the back legs and a judo chop to the back of the neck, then the skinning begins, very tasty...
kxq
According to U.S. News & World Report: "If a man's waist is more than 33.5 inches or a woman's more than 35.5 inches, they are considered at risk and referred for counseling and close monitoring."
Seems that it should be the other way around. Women 33.5 or less and men 35.5.
kc7jty
07-02-2008, 10:08 AM
Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.:p
I'll be darned....I went bowling with rabbits for pins once myself. :rolleyes:
I live by the concept of "WE CAN DATE IF YOUR IQ IS HIGHER THAN YOUR WEIGHT!!!"
:D
The IQ thing wouldn't work for me. I know at least 4 girls in Mensa one with a 190 IQ that's 5'1".
I ask them if they can name all 4 Beatles. Got John, Paul, Mark and Luke once from a 20 year old. Too young. If they can't name the Beatles, sayonara.:p
w8gtf
07-02-2008, 03:34 PM
Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.:p
Rabbit is ok, I think squirrel is about worthless. There isn't enough meat on one to be worth the effort to clean them.
KG4JYD
07-02-2008, 04:07 PM
Too young. I think you are the first guy I've ever heard say that!
kb3laz
07-02-2008, 04:45 PM
I think you are the first guy I've ever heard say that!
WOW, then you hang out with some perverted people. :(
There are many scenarios where women are to young.
50y/o and 20y/o should not date, nor should 20y/o and 10y/o!
Think about it it just reprehensible.
I think you are the first guy I've ever heard say that!
Most women that young are more interested in themselves. They haven't quite gotten over the "It's all about me." stage. After some hard knocks, they usually either get real sour or fall off their throne. A woman who's too interested in themselves hasn't got a clue when it comes to making a guy happy. It's all about them. They are really good at spending your money though. I've been told I can pass for 30-35, - won more than a few bar bets like that, but that doesn't mean that I am. I definitely don't have the patience for air heads that I used to. And I have no patience for chicks that haven't got a clue.
Hence, they're too young. Works for me. I took a few hits finding the right person, but she's a keeper. ;)
kc9jwa
07-02-2008, 08:52 PM
Rabbit is ok, I think squirrel is about worthless. There isn't enough meat on one to be worth the effort to clean them.
True, i love squirlls to.:D
kc9jwa
07-02-2008, 09:03 PM
Oh come on Steph rabbit is good.:D
They are to cute to eat, iwatch e every day, i feel bad if i ate em, but i guess its just another food on the chain i cant yell at evryone for eating a particular animal.:)
K8ERV
07-02-2008, 09:18 PM
I think squirrel is about worthless. There isn't enough meat on one to be worth the effort to clean them.
Lambs are that way too----
TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
K8ERV
07-02-2008, 09:23 PM
What I want to know is, does that 35.5 count if you're pregnant? :p
I'm not too worried about that. But wouldn't it be wonderful if governments did what the people want and pay them to do?
(Hey, that is a great monitor test pattern, mine came out all perfect circles--)
TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
kc7jty
07-03-2008, 05:35 AM
I ask them if they can name all 4 Beatles. Got John, Paul, Mark and Luke once from a 20 year old. Too young. If they can't name the Beatles, sayonara.:p
Scarab, Clicking, Japanese, & Dung. Next question.
kc7jty
07-03-2008, 05:40 AM
Rabbit is ok, I think squirrel is about worthless. There isn't enough meat on one to be worth the effort to clean them.
Obvious you've never been there. I used to hunt gray squirrels in PA. They are absolutely divine fried in butter with onions, salt, & pepper and can be quite plump.
kb3laz
07-03-2008, 05:44 AM
Obvious you've never been there. I used to hunt gray squirrels in PA. They are absolutely divine fried in butter with onions, salt, & pepper and can be quite plump.
You dont have to tell me.:D
kc9jwa
07-03-2008, 04:08 PM
Lambs are that way too----
TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
MMM, lamb, baa baaa baaa.:D:p
ka5row
07-05-2008, 07:03 PM
:eek: I believe it. Remember at one time Japan had woman's feet bound and deformed and the foot man would inspect them to make sure they were in compliance.
VK3ZL
07-06-2008, 11:54 AM
[QUOTE=kc9jwa;1269438]Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.http://forums.qrz.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Hey Steph,down here in good old OZ we call rabbit " underground Mutton " .;).
Fair Dinkum.......Bob..
kc9jwa
07-06-2008, 03:22 PM
[quote=kc9jwa;1269438]Gotta love eating the animals, cute or not, unfortuntally they taste good.:D Al though i will never eat a rabbit i try to have astrike for them.http://forums.qrz.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Hey Steph,down here in good old OZ we call rabbit " underground Mutton " .;).
Fair Dinkum.......Bob..
LOL, hehe mutton eh first time i heard of it, i think its funny tho, kinda would think its a puppy.:D:p
n2ize
07-06-2008, 03:27 PM
Well - that and they'll hand out needles to terminally ill patients instead of actually giving them any medical attention.
They are far more likely to do that here when they don't want to bother insuring them.
n2ize
07-06-2008, 03:32 PM
Tame rabbit is the best, just grab em by the back legs and a judo chop to the back of the neck, then the skinning begins, very tasty...
kxq
No... I just grab them and take a bite of raw warm bloody meat out of them. After all, meat should be eaten raw, fresh and right at the natural body temperature of the animal that it comes from. I learned that from a lion that I met once.
K5BAQ
07-06-2008, 10:34 PM
And the dim Dims in this country want it here. Well good luck.
The US is no longer a Republic; it is a communitarian Socialists State, sometimes called a Democracy, and yall out there wonder why the 1st Amendment don' apply nomore. DUHHHHHHHHHHH
k5baq