Would you care for a chocolate tax?

Bad news chocolate fans, a doctor from Scotland is waging war on your favorite flavor for all things fattening.

David Walker, a family physician from Lanarkshire, says chocolate should have a vice tax, like alcohol and cigarettes, because people are eating so much it's contributing to obesity-related health problems. It should be made more expensive, to encourage them to eat less of it. And since the U.K. has universal national healthcare at government expense, his argument makes this political issue, not just a dietary one.

Dr Walker says consumers can buy chocolate with enough calories to match the total daily recommended intake for men and women for just £2.50 ($3.45 USD). And he's worried that people think nothing of eating a £1 ($1.38 USD) box of chocolates containing 2,000 calories in one sitting.

From BBC World Service, March 12 - Host: Shelagh Fogarty
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