You don't tax the fat people, you tax the unhealthy food. As far as I've noticed, this is another very US-centric problem: portions are much larger and the food

You don't tax the fat people, you tax the unhealthy food. As far as I've noticed, this is another very US-centric problem: portions are much larger and the food is much more carb-heavy in the US (compared to other developed countries). There's a strong cultural aspect to that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_tax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_tax