Calls to downsize chocolate bars

Don't heed the call.

"Manufacturers are being asked to cut the size of chocolate bars, confectionery and cans of fizzy drink to tackle rising rates of obesity.

By 2012, the Food Standards Agency wants chocolate-based snacks such as Mars bars to be no bigger than 50g compared with the current 58g size.

Bars of chocolate should be no larger than 40g, a draft consultation warns."

Do not give in to the pressure to save the fat from themselves.

First, it will not work. People still get fat even with a myriad of 100 Calorie "snack packs" out there.

Second, the rest of us do not deserve to be punished because of the calorically irresponsible. Sure, we could eat more bars, but so can the fat - obviously they already do - and making more smaller packages is more expensive than fewer larger packages. Just go and visit a warehouse club for evidence.

"Industry representatives said they were disappointed by continued moves to set 'arbitrary targets'. (sic)"

So don't do it.

If you want to do a Corporal Gains Tax, i.e., a fat tax, properly, go here.

And leave the rest of us alone.