Thailand to Introduce Salt Tax to Promote Healthier Eating

[YayaManos]

On 3/4/2025 at 9:17 AM, anchadian said:

Fish, soy, oyster sauces are the real culprits together with snacks Mama noodles and the like.

Next will be the sugar tax!

[johng]

Just now, YayaManos said:

Next will be the sugar tax!

Already done...how about a fat tax persons over say 80 kilos to pay extra VAT on everything to "encorage" them to loose fat ?

Nope I don't agree with taxing as a social engineering tool...much better is education  and emphasising the importance of eating healthy food (as opposed to processed fast food)

and getting some exercise   away from the smartphone !

[atpeace]

Salt can be bad but if you exercise a  lot like me it is needed.  I add salt to my water and if I don't, my muscles cramp up on some runs.  Lots of new studies showing that salt isn't bad for most healthy individuals but the things that people put sat on are often terrible (  Fries, pretzels, sticks, etc ).

[atpeace]

33 minutes ago, YayaManos said:

Next will be the sugar tax!

Isn't happening - too many corporations that rely on sugar addicts.  Salt is the easy scapegoat.

[atpeace]

26 minutes ago, johng said:

Already done...how about a fat tax persons over say 80 kilos to pay extra VAT on everything to "encorage" them to loose fat ?

Nope I don't agree with taxing as a social engineering tool...much better is education  and emphasising the importance of eating healthy food (as opposed to processed fast food)

and getting some exercise   away from the smartphone !

I wonder what the cost of health insurance would be for healthy individuals with a BMI under 24 if we weren't forced to subsidize people with unhealthy lifestyles.