Israeli fast food is full of trans-fat and saturated fat. This is where the war should begin. Turn over the rocks where the lizards are hiding.

A recent study from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden, published in the journal Neurology has confirmed that obesity causes cerebral atrophy. Quite literally, this is brain damage. The study found that obese women were 200% more likely to have dementia than women of normal weight and obese men experienced an increase of developing dementia by 30%. Early signs are impaired cognitive thinking, difficulty with verbal expression and language comprehension, forgetfulness, and anger. Obesity directly affects the brain's temporal lobe, which is the same part of the brain attacked by Alzheimer's disease. Obesity is not just an attack on one's own body, but it is an attack on the brain and on the personality as well.

People are born that way! That is how G-D made them! It is bigoted and fatophobic to pass legislation against overweight people. Cartman told me this.

Dear Shula, Out of curiousity, can you let us know how you lost all your weight? Thanks

Still, you have to hand it to a bunch of socialists to try to legislate good health, just like they legislate "good" politics.

One advantage to having a few years under his belt is the opportunity to see how things have changed over time. When I was first in Israel 30-odd years ago virtually no one under middle-age was overweight. The kibbutz-inspired "Israeli diet" called for a healthy breakfast and modest dinners. People hiked the country or at least walked to the bus stops. Today's prosperity means one walks only to the car, lives on fast food and pizza and oversized portions. And, just as in the US, people are getting bigger by the year. Israel is just a few years behind us. So, it's not in the genes, and people are not "born this way". It's a matter of how they live. Obesity is neither healthy nor a natural state.

So many leftist are obese?

First we need a blessed society one that doesn't pull curses on themselves. Moses predicted this fat rebelious house. No law will undo a earned curse. So morality should be first. This also might help remove the depression and psycological problems that come with not being able to look at yourself in the mirror or being one who G-d has turned his back on.

you want somewhere to start? Try the fact that Bamba is the #1 snack for kids and you can't walk 5 feet in this country without finding a place that sells bourekas, pizza or falafel

Kyle you stupid jew!!! I'm NOT FAT...I'M BIG BONED!!!

IF THEY PASS AN ANTI-FAT LAW IN THIS COUNTRY, MYSELF TOGETHER AND MY MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSSINESS, TOGETHER WITH MY 32 MILLION DOLLAR CHARITY FUND ARE MOVING OUT OF FOREVER. THEY WON'T SEE ME OR A PENNY FROM ME. I'LL DEDICATE MAY FREE TIME (AND I HAVE TONS OF IT) TO CONVINCE FAT PEOPLE NO TO DONATE OR SUPPORT ISRAEL. MAYBE THEY SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO AN ANTI HANDYCAP LAW, OR ANTI AGE LAW, OR A ANTI DARK SKIN LAW OR ANTI SICK PEOPLE LAW. THERE ARE SOURCES FOR THIS KIND OF LAWS, IF YOU KNOW GERMAN YOU CAN READ THEM. BONNE APPETIT

My observations have led me to conclude that the vast majority of obesity is caused by over eating and poor diet. Parents of fat children should be fined for child abuse. Children who are obese will have to live with the legacy which comes from the parents laziness to provide a good and controlled diet. The doctors should try to prevent obesity because the cost to health services of obese people is huge.

Although not really connected to obesity but more to heart disease. Trans fat is a poison that should be banned from all our foods. It has been banned in Denmark. Here the food labeling is lax and you are never sure if the product contains any

Anyone who eats too many calories and doesn't exercise can become overweight. 30 years ago, physical education was mandatory - even in college. After school, children played sports, rode bicycles, roller skated, etc. Now kids sit in front of their tv's, computers and PlayStations. People walk less. They drive their cars everywhere. We ate plenty of fatty foods and sweets in those days, but we burned off the calories. In the Midwest, there is a lot of obesity because many no longer work on farms, but they still eat the same high calorie foods. The solution is not rocket science: Eat less and exercise more...and have sports and dance programs for people of all ages.

...of every Israeli with a problem here to compare his/her situation to the Holocaust. It's an insult to those who really fought, suffered and died. If you''re really leaving, you might try New Orleans. I think that's the place with the greatest % of overweight folks in the USA.

Great post. There are people who are overweight because of physological conditions, but they are few and far between.

In the past 5 years, I've seen the Israeli population fatten up. This trend has to end. I thought the army was mostly responsible for keeping people in shape, but I guess I was wrong. More and more people are becoming round, needless to say this is troubling from a health standpoint. Moreover, how are Israeli women supposed to maintain their reputation of beauty if they refuse to stay in shape? Shed the pounds people!!!

A law against obesity? How about a laws against self-indulgent and a lazy life style. Obesity is more often than not a case of self-neglect and lazy lifestyle toped-up with unhealthy foods. Personally my diet, if I did not see it on my grandmother's table I would not have it on my family table. Jibly Eli 53 years young going on 40

Take me with you please !

IF THEY PASS AN ANTI-FAT LAW IN THIS COUNTRY, MYSELF TOGETHER AND MY MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSSINESS, TOGETHER WITH MY 32 MILLION DOLLAR CHARITY FUND ARE MOVING OUT OF FOREVER. THEY WON'T SEE ME OR A PENNY FROM ME. I'LL DEDICATE MAY FREE TIME (AND I HAVE TONS OF IT) TO CONVINCE FAT PEOPLE NO TO DONATE OR SUPPORT ISRAEL. MAYBE THEY SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO AN ANTI HANDYCAP LAW, OR ANTI AGE LAW, OR A ANTI DARK SKIN LAW OR ANTI SICK PEOPLE LAW. THERE ARE SOURCES FOR THIS KIND OF LAWS, IF YOU KNOW GERMAN YOU CAN READ THEM. BONNE APPETIT

No one mentioned here that stress is one the biggest causes for obesity, meaning having to work around the clock not always exactly knowing how you'll make it till the end of the month, and not exactly leaving you spare time to chop your own salad and sit to eat in an orderly manner has a lot to do with it. Quick cheap food like bread is almost all there is. You can see stressed people starving on a diet, walking, hiking and all the rest and they wont loose half a kilogram Loneliness, divorce, unemployment, single parenting all are good reasons to be stressed - and for years on end AND YES, OBESITY IS ALSO PRECONDITIONED GENETICALLY for all those who deny what Kyle just said - it's a medical proven fact as old as the hills

Pass the law and start with the members of Knesset.

Let him start with his head!

what about ruling something regarding drug addicts alcoholics smokers ???

There should be no reason why an individual should fear this law unless he has a food company that preys on individuals who have an eating disorder. A obesity law should force companies to , at least, reveal all the evil things they are putting into their "food". That makes it easier to make choices

if anything i think this law might turn out to be good for the individual. it will give people who are obese or on the way to being obese preventative measures or treatments health wise that might not have been available earlier. Finally maybe being overweight can be seen as something that isnt a choice and the bad stigma of you not being a good enough person can also change. i am so sick of these clubs and bars with their "are you on the list" to keep people who are overweight out. Goal nefesh. Maybe with the implementation of these new laws the attitude towards overweight people, especially women, wont be as harsh. And yes it is very much genetic and many times all the dieting and excersing even to the point of starving oneself not everyone is a size 36 or below. Everyones metabolism works differently, and it usually changes as we age.

The battle has to start at Tipat chalav - and not only with the infants - who should not be eating anything other than mother's milk for at least six months - and also with the pre-natal diet of mothers - If mothers ate properly the newborns would have a better starts. Then if the newborns got their nutrition solely from nursing then we would be on the right path for a lifetime of good health

you mean to say that you lost 72kilos. where did you lose them?would i get a reward if i found them?or is it a case of "finders - keepers"?

and full of pathetic excuses. I am 1meter 87 and way past middle age. I have never been fat and never been overweight and I am not a workout fanatic. My weight is a constant 80 kilos. Why ? Because I eat properly, quantitywise I eat as much as I want whenever I want, qualitywise I restrict myself to natural food, processed food does not pass my lips, neither does sugar in any shape or form, that includes cakes and chocolate. The 3 biggest killers of our modern society are cigarettes, sugar and supermarkets. By supermarkets I mean the modern food processing industry. You might want to reply that I miss out on life. Believe me the ones who miss out on life are those who stuff their bodies full of detrimental substances, know the truth but are in denial. It is all in the head, not in metabolism. There are no miracle diets, just common sense.