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Please tell me which country you're from and elaborate yourself. Detailed comments and statistics (percentages) appreciated. #Overweight #Obesity #Fat

According to a researcher interviewed by NRK - a Norwegian news channel, ca. 70% of the Norwegian population are overweight. The number was higher than I thought. I guessed ca. 45 - 50%. I've noticed there are more people getting health problems and being overweight. Almost everyone over 60 are overweight. Many foreigners believes almost everyone in Scandinavia are slim, but I can tell them that certain stereotypes aren't true. Many Scandinavians looks like many British and American people, not like the few handpicked celebrities. Junk food isn't only common in the US. Norway started the last decades to adopt the American food and TV-culture too.

Imagine the following bill:

People over the age of 18 and under the age of 60, whose weight exceeds the normal limit in regards to their height and are considered overweight (unless the cause of being overweight is genetic-related, duration/result of pregnancy or other health issues that affect the weight) must pay a bonus tax if they want to continue to be fat.
Gym sessions for such people are state-funded in their nearest gym, until their weight is back to normal and/or specific amount of months will pass, after which the funding will be cut. Should they get fat a second time, a state will not fund their gym again, yet will force to pay "fat tax".

Funding a gym membership for a fatty is significantly cheaper than crazy healthcare spendings that deal with health issues that are related to being overweight, while it shouldn't affect the poor like failed taxes on fatty foods as in Denmark, for example. Additionally, a person who went to the gym for a few months in the row _typically_ gets used to it, therefore will attend it even after getting back to shape and pay for the gym out of his own pocket.

Your opinions?