It doesn't matter, it's a relative amount to help with context. Again, most people would have a pretty good idea how much a teaspoon of sugar is - but not necessarily how much 23.7g of sugar is.
Who else is getting fed up of fat people trying to get the world to revolve around them?
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It doesn't matter, it's a relative amount to help with context. Again, most people would have a pretty good idea how much a teaspoon of sugar is - but not necessarily how much 23.7g of sugar is.
We demand the "British Standard Teaspoon"!
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The EU will bring in a fat tax, if you are over weight you pay extra tax, if you are really fat you will be shot. 
4 roods and a perch?
Excellent. Now I'm definitely in and you should be a politician.The EU will bring in a fat tax, if you are over weight you pay extra tax, if you are really fat you will be shot.
Better than our governments idea of taxing every single innocent/non obese person who buys a coke or some sugary product.
What difference does it make if the person buying it is obese or not? It's not healthy either way.
There's a difference in having a treat and being unhealthy?
Manufacturers would be better off putting measurements in sugar cubes; a typical sugar cube is 4g - Silverspoon or 3/4 of a teaspoon - Wiki.
I'm playing devils advocate a little here as I'm relatively well informed on nutrition, but why is the focus only on it being taxed due to obese people? It's not it would be taxed due to it generally being seen as "unhealthy".
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The following quote is what has motivated me to make this thread:
It has motivated me to make this thread because I personally had no clue what the mass of something that fits in a teaspoon is, yet I know EXACTLY what a gram is. Laugh if you want but I had to Google what the mass of a teaspoon of sugar is. Some sources say it's 4g and some say there's actually .2g extra so 4.2g. That's the thing, a teaspoon is volumetric.
OK fair enough I, as well as most other people, are able to understand relative values, whether it's in grams or teaspoons, I can adapt. But why cater for retardation in the first place? Why not just say "Hey wait a minute fatty, how in the name of **** is the mere abandonment of grams as a measure of mass going to stop you being fat???"
Next the fatties will be saying it's easier to measure meals by the plateload lmao. A pound of steak will be a plateload of steak soon simply due to failures in education as well as the prevalence of retardation.
At this rate, in 100 years everybody will be forced to eat cardboard because fatties gonna fat.
If you are fat you shouldn't be drinking soft drinks so the label should be completely irrelevant.
Erm. Water is not healthy if you drink too much of it.
Personally, sugar is very healthy when I've been walking for 10 miles and running dangerously low on energy reserves (my body fat percentage is 6% as of this morning), to be able to have a sugary product and to be able to literally feel the energy within a couple of minutes is amazing.
I can see how its "not healthy" if you're eating 10 mars bars in front of the TV, but yeah lets blame that on an inanimate object like sugar
If sugar was that dangerous we wouldn't have evolved eating bananas and fruit. The difference being having to work hard for it instead of munching away doing nothing but watching TV.
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EXACTLY!If you are fat you shouldn't be drinking soft drinks so the label should be completely irrelevant.
No it's not.
If you are fat you shouldn't be drinking soft drinks so the label should be completely irrelevant.
There's no sugar in my soft drinks...
Because fat shaming is easier?
Sugar is fruit is usually combined with fibre which helps the body process it. In most processed foods and drinks this isn't the case which is why it's easier to consume an 'unhealthy' amount. Moderation is the key, sugary drinks are fine - even for fat people. But helping people to understand how much sugar is actually in a product, helps them moderate the amount they take in.
Ah. Fair enough. Makes sense.
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Using teaspoons in addition to grams makes it relatable.
"20g of sugar? That's twice as much as 10g......om nom nom nom"
"5 teaspoons of sugar? Holy crap that's a disgusting cup of tea! Maybe I'll pass"
People understand grams, people can compare grams to recommended allowance, but grams don't have the kind of personal resonance that comes with teaspoons.
Will it work? Probably not, doesn't mean it's not worth trying though, even if it makes one person stop and think before buying a soft drink.
At the end of the day I prefer the idea of trying initiatives to combat obesity to the contrary approach of "Oi fatty, stop being fat".
"20g of sugar? That's twice as much as 10g......om nom nom nom"
"5 teaspoons of sugar? Holy crap that's a disgusting cup of tea! Maybe I'll pass"
People understand grams, people can compare grams to recommended allowance, but grams don't have the kind of personal resonance that comes with teaspoons.
Will it work? Probably not, doesn't mean it's not worth trying though, even if it makes one person stop and think before buying a soft drink.
At the end of the day I prefer the idea of trying initiatives to combat obesity to the contrary approach of "Oi fatty, stop being fat".
The following quote is what has motivated me to make this thread:
It has motivated me to make this thread because I personally had no clue what the mass of something that fits in a teaspoon is, yet I know EXACTLY what a gram is. Laugh if you want but I had to Google what the mass of a teaspoon of sugar is. Some sources say it's 4g and some say there's actually .2g extra so 4.2g. That's the thing, a teaspoon is volumetric.
OK fair enough I, as well as most other people, are able to understand relative values, whether it's in grams or teaspoons, I can adapt. But why cater for retardation in the first place? Why not just say "Hey wait a minute fatty, how in the name of **** is the mere abandonment of grams as a measure of mass going to stop you being fat???"
Next the fatties will be saying it's easier to measure meals by the plateload lmao. A pound of steak will be a plateload of steak soon simply due to failures in education as well as the prevalence of retardation.
At this rate, in 100 years everybody will be forced to eat cardboard because fatties gonna fat.
I think fat people are the last ones that want to be nagged about their sugar intake. If they cared that much, they'd probably be thinner.
And yes, it's a stupid change for stupid people. People should be able to handle grams. It's like US recipes that give measurements in "cups" despite that meaning wildly different things for different substances. (One more reason I detest cooking).
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