...the new state-prescribed limit for male waistlines is a strict 33.5 inches...
To reach its goals of shrinking the overweight population by 10 percent over the next four years and 25 percent over the next seven years, the government will impose financial penalties on companies and local governments that fail to meet specific targets.
But critics say that the government guidelines — especially the one about male waistlines — are simply too strict and that more than half of all men will be considered overweight.
With the new law, Matsushita has to measure the waistlines of not only its employees but also of their families and retirees. As part of its intensifying efforts, the company has started giving its employees “metabo check” towels that double as tape measures.
NEC, Japan’s largest maker of personal computers, said that if it failed to meet its targets, it could incur as much as $19 million in penalties.
“I don’t think the campaign will have any positive effect. Now if you did this in the United States, there would be benefits, since there are many Americans who weigh more than 100 kilograms,” or about 220 pounds, Mr. Ogushi said. “But the Japanese are so slender that they can’t afford to lose weight.”
And people dare laugh at the US. :lolIt makes sense since it'll cut down on long-term health costs. Britain has a similar thing with the healthcare you can receive and your BMI. There should be an exception for those who have a genetic predisposition to being fat. This is sort of overkill for Japan though since I've heard that they have a very thin population.
Just another reason why America is #1 :usa
What's going to happen to all the sumo wrestlers? :'(
I'm a 34 waist with 15% body fat. Some people just have a bigger bone structure.
...the new state-prescribed limit for male waistlines is a strict 33.5 inches...
japagaf evicted; news at 11Sp0rsk isn't fat, he's a bunch of hairy skin and bones.
I wonder if lyte edge is freaking out right now
What's going to happen to all the sumo wrestlers? :'(
So basically, they want Japan to be full of twigs and even more men that look like girls.
What are the benefits for being the right weight?
This, plus a rumor of the government's plan to raise the highest tax bracket to 80% = time to for fat rich people to leave the country!
Routine traffic stops would require a tape measure.
"Put your hands behind your head and relax your belly!"
What are the benefits for being the right weight?
I don't think it's distinguished mentally-challenged at all, perhaps extreme, I'll lend you that. But look at all the fat asses in America, you know what a lot 'em's problem is? They think it's okay to be fat tubs of shit. At least Japan has the balls to say "Fatties, what the fuck? Get that shit goin!"
If you think the gross amounts of over weight people is only the problem of the over weight people themselves, you're just not thinking.
It's really not the governments job to regulate weight, unless you are a die hard statist. This is pretty distinguished mentally-challenged.
It's really not the governments job to regulate weight, unless you are a die hard statist. This is pretty distinguished mentally-challenged.
It is the government's job to look after its citizens' health. Being obese leads to numerous risk factors which of course are health-related.
I can definitely see their train of logic here.
Okay, yeah. I'm not so much down with debating with chunky lover (150 lbs isn't anything bad at all? You fuckin crazy?) and well, FoC I've lurked enough of your "debates" to know you're not worth the time. I stated my opinion, don't agree? Go eat a box of donuts.
If you guys think this idea is "distinguished mentally-challenged", I have news for you:
Will airlines start charging passengers by weight?
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html)
If you guys think this idea is "distinguished mentally-challenged", I have news for you:
Will airlines start charging passengers by weight?
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html)
I don't see anything wrong with being fat. I'm skinny myself
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It's not the governments job to keep you healthy. thats something called personal responsibility, it's lost on alot of people here at evilbore.
If you guys think this idea is "distinguished mentally-challenged", I have news for you:
Will airlines start charging passengers by weight?
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/03/2008-06-03_will_airlines_start_charging_passengers_.html)
Already prooved to be a hoax. Try again.
It's really not the governments job to regulate weight, unless you are a die hard statist. This is pretty distinguished mentally-challenged.
It is the government's job to look after its citizens' health. Being obese leads to numerous risk factors which of course are health-related.
I can definitely see their train of logic here.
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It's not the governments job to keep you healthy. thats something called personal responsibility, it's lost on alot of people here at evilbore.
It's not the government's job to keep you healthy, it's our choice whether to be healthy or not. You are right. That isn't the issue. The issue for the Japanese government is this: they have a public health system (and a good one at that) so either they continue diverting their annual budget to treat health problems related to obesity or they charge you for being obese and still have the money to cover their budget.
It's really not the governments job to regulate weight, unless you are a die hard statist. This is pretty distinguished mentally-challenged.
It is the government's job to look after its citizens' health. Being obese leads to numerous risk factors which of course are health-related.
I can definitely see their train of logic here.
Then weigh them when they go for driver's licenses, don't impose penalties on their employers. What the fuck are companies gonna do if their employees don't wanna go on a diet? Fire them? How does that help society?
As if the government should be this involved in your shit anyway, and as if the single measurement of waistline means jack shit.
You still haven't told me anything wrong with it. Diabetes and heart attache? Um, theres no more risk to get that then when you're skinny.
I have a fat dick and it's never been a problem
You still haven't told me anything wrong with it. Diabetes and heart attache? Um, theres no more risk to get that then when you're skinny.
Here's a list:
Type 2 diabetes
Heart disease
High cholesterol
Sleep apnea
Varicose veins
Breast, endometrial, prostate, and colon cancers
Arthritis
Gallbladder disease
Rashes and other skin abnormalities (such as warts)
High blood pressure
And I hardly think the Japanese government is combating one extreme with another - it's about maintaining a healthy weight. Nobody's saying that they are advocating starvation-level skinniness.
Don't link to the front page of a forum :lol
I want to see fat reports from fat doctors
My fat ass roommate used to sleep with Chips Ahoy smashed up under his pillow and he'd wake up with crumbs on his tits
Thought you didn't have time to stay up? Where's the facts mah boi?
See that febreze? He thought it cured bacne
The only one there is sleep apnea. The others can all be had from being skinny too.
I wonder if lyte edge is freaking out right now
I've already joined the resistance movement! We're gonna go in front of government buildings and eat donuts in protest.
Perhaps the earthquake this morning was the result of angry fatties? :o
What are the benefits for being the right weight?
What are the benefits for being the right weight?
120 + 150 = 270. That's not bad at all.
The only one there is sleep apnea. The others can all be had from being skinny too.
Oh and btw, these things that say fat is so bad, are funded by medication companies with weight loss pills.
33? Holy shit. I'm skin and bones and I've got a 30" waist. They must be trying to squelch obesity before it reaches America levels.
let's address the pink elephant (lol) here, chiggaz: you're so strident about fatties because a) they aren't aesthetically pleasing to look at; and b) in puritan-ass america, they symbolize laziness and a lack of self-control. hence, the language of contempt, rather than the language of sympathy. nobody HERE really gives a shit about helping fatties get healthier, so stick to the insults and stay away from the manufactured concern, if only for the sake of honesty (and consistency).
Someone keeps mentioning cigs... you can smoke *everywhere* here in Japan, cigs are like two-and-a-half bucks a pack, and I don't think I could walk two meters without seeing someone with a cigarette dangling out of his or her maw.I imagine the low cost of cigs is because of their popularity. It doesn't mean they're not taxed though.
Also, Japan's health care system is shit. It's even worse than Canada's, and that's saying something.
There really should be an old people tax, too. They're the real menace.
I think it's stupid to dislike someone because they're fat.
That's like, the most shallowest shit in the world. Like extreme racism shit.
People with an active sporting life have to pay more tax because they are a greater health risk? :lolOh wow, they said that? I didn't read that part. People who are active are like, the ones we should look up to. If I passed a law like this it'd be geared toward the fat slobs who order pizza for dinner every night and don't move off the couch except to microwave something or get soda from the fridge next to them.
Yes, minor injuries are part of keeping fit and playing sports. But the long-term health gains far outweigh the short-term aches and pains. Every 65-yr old jogger is a 65-yr old NOT in a nursing home or in long-term hospital care.
I think this approach to the argument has a nasty logical end, though. If resources are truly to be distributed evenly, everyone should have to take a risk assessment every, I dunno, year or something to see what risk they present to the universal health care system. People with an active sporting lifestyle would have to pay a tax since they are more at risk of broken limbs or torn muscles. People who drive should have to pay an additional tax. People who live in more dangerous parts of a city are also potential drains on the healthcare system... better toss an extra tax in there.yeah, but having universal healthcare and having the secret police break in and burn your frozen pizzas on your lawn is a big leap.
I'm not Japanese and I haven't lived in Japan all that long, but I know in my home and native land of Canada, the free healthcare is part of an overarching philosophy of mild socialism. Canadians face brutal taxes, and that funds not just things like free healthcare but also the robust social assistance program and university subsidies. Something like this wouldn't make any sense there as the system is already set up in such a way that the people who have their shit together have to pay for the people who don't.
Government interference in the lives of private citizens ought to be kept to a minimum.
smh
Yeah, but you can get new joints. Once your lungs and stuff start to go, you can't really replace those. I'd rather a 65-year-old healthy jogger than a 65-year-old obese smoker.
I'll be pushing the extended lunch idea at work if the law comes in lol.
Yeah, but you can get new joints. Once your lungs and stuff start to go, you can't really replace those. I'd rather a 65-year-old healthy jogger than a 65-year-old obese smoker.