When you think of the types of labels attached to pieces of clothing what comes to mind? I think of washing/care instructions, size labels, and the price tag. I have never seen or considered placing a warning label on clothing–besides the fire resistant labels on children’s pajamas. But, that may be changing if a leading British professor gets his way.
Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, wants warning labels placed on the clothes obese people buy. According to news reports, Sattar is suggesting that oversized clothing should have obesity help line numbers sewn on them to try to reduce Britain’s obesity crisis. Basically, he feels obese people should be warned about the health risks of their weight when buying clothes.
Sattar made his recommendations public in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal and get this… Sir George Albert, the United Kingdom’s national director for emergency care agreed. He told reporters he wants the government to take a more proactive response to obesity and the labels could be a viable step forward.
This is how the proposed warning labels would work: The special tags would be put on all clothes with waist sizes over 37 inches for boys or 31 inches for girls. In addition, women’s clothes over size 16 would also get a label. (No word on men’s apparel… hmmm.)
Sattar said his clothing label idea was inspired by Britain’s obesity problem, which he believes could bankrupt its health system if nothing is done to stop it. The British Medical Journal reported that more than half of the U.K.’s population is overweight and more than one in five adults is obese. What’s more, according to news reports, treating obese people in that country takes up about 9% of the health budget.
“People clearly have some responsibility for their health, but society and government have a responsibility to make the preferred, easy choices healthier ones,” Sattar said.
So what do you think of the warning labels? Do you find Sattar’s idea offensive or potentially helpful?
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