With a quadruple cheeseburger in one hand and 5pints of coke in the other I think they call it small size.

Considering the State Pension will probably cease to exist before people my age reach retirement age, dying at 45 with a gorgeous quarter-pounder in hand might be the best way to go.

One day we get told people are living too long, pensions are too expensive and social care will be bankrupt in 10 years.

The next day we get told everyones fat and will die young.

Make your mind up.

I live in Germany and believe you me the Health service here is rubbish compared to the UK.

Edited by Collos25 on 23/01/2013 at 10:17

No janie

the fatties end up bed blocking the NHS and cost lots more eg type 2 diabetes...

With a free NHS there is no incetive to change...

And making them pay after 25 yrs of overeating etc would acheive what?

the fatties end up bed blocking the NHS and cost lots more eg type 2 diabetes...

Rubbish. Omega 3 fatty acid munchers are the drain on the nation's resources. They snactomoniously sniff about everyone else's lifestyles, but leach off other people's pension contributions, don't want to retire later, or take a less generous pension benefits. Nor do they pay sin taxes to contribute to the cost of their geriatric care of which they avail themselves to a disproportionate degree.

You obviously are unaware that 10% of the NHS budget is spent on diabetics.

You seem unaware that 40% of the NHS budget is spent on the over 65s-and this fraction is growing rapidly. You have to look at the net cost of an activity, not the gross cost.

People with type 2 diabetes invariably die younger than those who don't have diabetes. Dead people don't need pensions or healthcare. There is an overall cost saving.

On that logic, we should disband the NHS tomorrow.. And kill everyine over 65...

No. But we should must apply logic consistently. If fat people, smokers and drinkers are expected to pay for the cost of their activities, then healthy people should pay for their longevity since they benefit disproportionately. There's a hypocritical logic in perceiving obesity as a "problem" and longevity as a "challenge".