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sethnintendo on 19 May 2012
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Kasz216 said:
Mr Khan said:
I judiciously wonder what percent of the morbidly obese are in the bracket that already pays zero in income taxes, however. It would be a regressive tax of poor taste, though i do believe that something should be done

The average montly income of a morbidly obese person I believe is $2,500 a month or so.  Which is like...


There is also the race differential if your going to worry about something like that.   I just read an interesting article about obesity and African American women.  4 out of 5 black women are seriously overweight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/why-black-women-are-fat.html?_r=1

Controversial, but the statistics are there.

I was able to come to that conclusion way back in the late 90s while walking around Cedar Point (amusement park in Ohio).  It is very rare to find a healthy older black lady (usually the only black ladies healthy at my job are from foreign countries like Kenya, etc).  Hispanic women are just as bad (men also).  I believe that over 80% of the Hispanics that work at my manufacturing plant are overweight / obese.  When minorities resort to most of their meals coming from McDonalds, Whataburger, KFC, etc then it is easy to realize the main problem (poor diet and lack of exercise).