Has Thailand found legal recipe to beat soaring child obesity?

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

Call it a syrup shake not a fruit shake if you gunna sell rubbish

That's so true.

[Ralf001]

35 minutes ago, CecilM said:

I’ve never seen/noticed MSG as a condiment (like sugar, fish sauce, vinegar, chili, etc). Will keep an eye out for that now I’m curious. 

give it a taste test.. you will know if it MSG or sugar.

[SoilSpoil]

1 hour ago, transam said:

Thailand is on a very low income, and you want to tax them more over what you think is not good.

Your country is relevant, regarding your taxation ploy, does your country, who are better off, tax their kids stuff...? 

Taxing people is great as it would discourage them to drink or eat too much sugar. Use the tax money to keep prices of fruits, veggies and health proteins low. How things are done in our home countries is totally irrelevant.

 

[SoilSpoil]

47 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Unhealthy food is Fine , The problem is How Much one eats and How Often .

Pretty stupid to try to make a Law so that the shops & venders can't sell their not so healthy food .

Its the People that are the problem Not the food .

How about Bashing  (teaching) some common sense into the kids and the Fat people that too much off something isn't good for ya. Not only food. Many other things as well.

Sounds like your average dope or gun dealer's argument. 

[BritManToo]

26 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Sounds like your average dope or gun dealer's argument. 

I think the world should be divided into two sections.

You get to choose at age 20 in which section you live, but you're there for the rest of your life.

 

Section 1

Everyone is forced to comply with extreme nanny rules 'for their own good'.

Eating/exercising/alcohol/drugs/sex/traffic/holidays all tightly controlled.

 

Section 2

You can do whatever you like, but don't blame us if you die age 25.

 

You can live in section 1 and I'll take section 2.

Edited August 4, 2023 by BritManToo

[transam]

27 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Taxing people is great as it would discourage them to drink or eat too much sugar. Use the tax money to keep prices of fruits, veggies and health proteins low. How things are done in our home countries is totally irrelevant.

 

Because it doesn't suit you, now that you are not a kid there.........

 

But looking forward to your cheap lobster.....????

[Burma Bill]

On 8/3/2023 at 1:19 PM, webfact said:

Obesity has doubled in Thailand over the past two decades

I am not surprised, sat all day with faces glued to a small screen whilst their fingers do the walking!!

 

[SoilSpoil]

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I think the world should be divided into two sections.

 

Section 1

Everyone is forced to comply with extreme nanny rules 'for their own good'.

Eating/exercising/alcohol/drugs/sex/traffic/holidays all tightly controlled.

 

Section 2

You can do whatever you like, but don't blame us if you die age 25.

 

You can live in section 1 and I'll take section 2.

I would like to add section 3: Moderation (except for guns)

 

Bit of sugar or dope from time tontimecdoesnt hurt anyone.

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

for Thai's everything has to be sweat, 

I disagree. Many I see are lazy.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I fear this proposal comes too late for Prawit.

[Lucky Bones]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

I thought that was MSG, not sugar.

Guessing you have never eaten in Thailand?????????

[jacko45k]

5 hours ago, bignok said:

So why isnt cocaine and heroin legal? How about casinos?

Bad for the kids. more so.

[pedro01]

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I do not think you are on to a winner there, when an adult thai breakfast is just a pick up of triple fried left over road side chicken, a lunch of a coffee and a fag, and an evening meal of som tam and a couple bottles of change.

So you dont know many Thai people then.

 

[keithkarmann]

Make them walk more, instead of riding motorcycles just for short journeys.

[transam]

Just now, keithkarmann said:

Make them walk more, instead of riding motorcycles just for short journeys.

It seems the BiB and parents are OK with underage kids being given the keys to motor scooters to go to school on........????

[digger70]

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I didn't suggest banning but certain ingredients should be regulated such as trans fats.

How would they regulated that? To me that's nearly impossible.People eat/cook what they like what they want , so the only thing is Education,,,,,,, bit hard I think.

[digger70]

5 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Sounds like your average dope or gun dealer's argument. 

Yep ,the argument that No one can win.  

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, digger70 said:

How would they regulated that? To me that's nearly impossible.People eat/cook what they like what they want , so the only thing is Education,,,,,,, bit hard I think.

Not really.

It's easy.to ban trans fats in processed foods.

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, pedro01 said:

So you dont know many Thai people then.

 

Appears to be a very common trait here. 

[BangkokReady]

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I think the world should be divided into two sections.

You get to choose at age 20 in which section you live, but you're there for the rest of your life.

 

Section 1

Everyone is forced to comply with extreme nanny rules 'for their own good'.

Eating/exercising/alcohol/drugs/sex/traffic/holidays all tightly controlled.

 

Section 2

You can do whatever you like, but don't blame us if you die age 25.

 

You can live in section 1 and I'll take section 2.

What if section 2 is full of mostly obese, sickly, diabetic idiots who are unable to control themselves?

[BangkokReady]

12 hours ago, transam said:

12 hours ago, bignok said:

So why isnt cocaine and heroin legal? How about casinos?

So funny, what on earth are you talking about............????

 

Thread is about food and kids in LOS...........????...............????

Drugs and gambling are examples of things that, although people enjoy them, are banned or strictly controlled, because they are considered harmful.  They restrict people's freedom to protect them or protect others.  Ditto pretty much every law, rule or regulation.

 

This rebuts your claim of "It's called freedom" as a reason not to ban/restrict certain foods.

 

People aren't always free to do whatever they want.  If "society" decides that something is harmful enough, it can be banned or controlled to protect people from themselves.

 

If people in power decide to ban something, "it's called freedom" is out of the window.  You will no longer be free to use/consume that thing.

[Ralf001]

9 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

Guessing you have never eaten in Thailand?????????

I did once... back in 2006

[Lucky Bones]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

I did once... back in 2006

Thinking you unlucky in 2006.????????

[Ralf001]

7 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

Thinking you unlucky in 2006.????????

Ive watched the Thai misso, friends and work colleagues eat the crap every day since.

Edited August 4, 2023 by Ralf001

[dinsdale]

I knew a family husband in local politics wife running English teaching agency. Their 4 or 5 year old was obese. Lots of KFC and pizza. This was not a concern to the parents as it showed they were wealthy. Quite insane IMO.

[djayz]

In my case at least, we only got soft drinks on special occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas and one or two other days of the year. 

We all had/still have a sweet tooth, so there were usually biscuits or cake in the afternoon for a snack. However, main meals were healthier, contained vegetables and a little meat, washed down with water. We apso cycled to school (approx. 1.5km), played football ever second we got, went for walks with our dogs and we were generally more active doing housework, helping the auld man on the farm or ma in the garden. 

The food they consume today is only a part of the issue. Soft drinks, super sweet "fruit juices", sweet shakes, etc. daily isn't good for anybody, but coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, they've got to be a killer. 

In addition to this, I think the modern lifestyle, where BOTH parents HAVE to work to make ends meet, is the biggest issue. They simply don't have the time to keep this stuff in check. I see this at our home. Both the missus and I are on the go non-stop from early dawn til late at night. It's difficult to raise children right these days. 

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by djayz

[natway09]

I still think Thai children would still be lower weight/age ratio than than the US or UK.

I am amazed how much fatty pork Thais in general eat though & the "easy" snack opportunities are now provided just about nation wide by 7/11.

[jacko45k]

10 hours ago, djayz said:

In my case at least, we only got soft drinks on special occasions

We got 'corporation pop', which came from  the tap!