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Yet Mr.. Obama has acknowledged that there Is resistance to such taxes. People’s attitude is that they don’t necessarily want Big Brother telling them what to eat or drink, and I understand that,” he said In an Interview last year. It Is true, though, that if you wanted to make a big impact on people’s health In this country, reducing things like soda consumption would be helpful. ” Where America Stands: Battling Obesity Seventy-two percent of Americans surveyed In the new CBS News poll say that a tax on Junk food would not help people lose weight.
Just 26 percent say It would help them do so. Nearly nine In ten Americans say obesity can be controlled, not through taxation but through diet and exercise. Just seven percent say people cannot control their level of obesity. That’s not to say Americans don’t believe the government should be doing more: Just one In five give the country an A or B grade when It comes to fighting obesity. Twice as many gave the country a D or F, while 35 percent offered a C grade.
Fifty-seven percent say obesity Is a “very serious” public health problem, and another 38 percent ‘all It a somewhat serious problem. Just five percent say It Is not serious. And a majority of Americans – 55 percent – say they themselves would Like to lose weight. That Includes 62 percent of women and 47 percent of men. Forty percent of Americans are happy with their current weight, while a small number – five percent – Mould Like to gain weight. Eight percent of men and Just two percent of women say they want to gain weight.
Since at least 1990, according to Gallup polling, a majority of Americans have wanted to lose weight. But In the asses, the majority of Americans Nerve happy with their weight, and only about one In three wanted to lose weight. Tax. Yet Mr.. Obama has acknowledged that there is resistance to such taxes. ‘People’s attitude is that they don’t necessarily want Big Brother telling them what to at or drink, and I understand that,” he said in an interview last year. It is true, though, that if you wanted to make a big impact on people’s health in this country, tattling Obesity Seventy-two percent of Americans surveyed in the new CBS News poll say that a tax on Junk food would not help people lose weight. Just 26 percent say it would help them do so. Nearly nine in ten Americans say obesity can be controlled, not through rat’s not to say Americans don’t believe the government should be doing more: Just one in five give the country an A or B grade when it comes to fighting obesity.
Twice percent say obesity is a “very serious” public health problem, and another 38 percent call it a somewhat serious problem. Just five percent say it is not serious. And a majority of Americans – 55 percent – say they themselves would like to lose weight. Rat includes 62 percent of women and 47 percent of men. Forty percent of Mould like to gain weight. Eight percent of men and Just two percent of women say of Americans have wanted to lose weight. But in the asses, the majority of Americans Nerve happy with their weight, and only about one in three wanted to lose weight.