印度喀拉拉邦擬對漢堡和比薩等徵收脂肪稅
Thiruvananthapram: In a bid to crack down on junk food and squeeze out revenue, the Kerala government has for the first time imposed a 14.5% “fat tax” on burgers, pizza, tacos, doughnuts, sandwiches and pasta sold at branded restaurants and food retail giants.
爲了打擊垃圾食品，並從中榨出收入，喀拉拉邦政府第一次對品牌餐館和零售巨頭出售的漢堡、比薩、玉米餅、甜甜圈、三明治和意大利麪等徵收“脂肪稅”
Presenting the budget for 2016-17, finance minister Thomas Issac said on Friday that the key concern was to shore up tax revenue but officials said the levy was introduced for health reasons as well.
財政部長Thomas Issac彙報了2016-17年度的預算，他說，主要是爲了增加稅收，然而有官員稱，這一稅收的引入也是出於健康考量的。
“There has been an alarming trend in the growth of unhealthy eating habits among Keralites and we hope the fat tax will be a deterrent,” said Rajan N Khobragade, commissioner of commercial taxes.
“喀拉拉邦人的不健康飲食習慣的擡頭趨勢敲響了警鐘，我們希望脂肪稅能夠產生威懾作用，”工商稅專員Khobragade說
The state government expects an additional revenue of Rs 10 crore out of the tax. Kerala ranks third after Punjab and Gujarat in terms of obesity, according to health experts.
邦政府希望這一稅收能帶來1億盧比的額外收入。有健康專家指出，就肥胖方面，喀拉拉邦位列旁遮普和古吉拉特邦之後排第三。
However, the total percentage of obese people is only 3-4% of total population in the state. The percentage of obesity cases (people with 37.5 BMI) who require bariatric surgery is even less, and most of the overweight population have BMI in the range of 25-30, which does not require treatment.
然而，喀拉拉邦肥胖者只佔總人口的3-4%。而需要接受減肥手術的肥胖者（身體質量指數BMI爲37.5）的比例更低，大多數超重者的BMI介於25-30之間，是不需要治療的。
