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In India the new government worked to get global approval (W.H.O) of Yoga. International yoga day was organized. Efforts are on to implement Yoga in Indian schools.
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The international recognition of Yoga reinforced confidence in yoga teachers in India. This has considerably reduced the marketing efforts required from yoga teachers. The schools have become active in recruiting new yoga teachers.
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We need a comprehensive understanding of overeating before starting the process of taxing food products. I have prepared a comprehensive understanding of overeating. The Governments around the world have proposed to tax various food products to stop obesity, diabetes & other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and they include soda tax, candy tax, sugar tax, high salt and high sugar tax, junk food tax, pastry tax, etc. Even after taxing food products there is still discussion on food supplied in large quantities, and on promotions to children in the form of gifts and toys. There is a need for comprehensive global framework for health related food taxation and it is addressed by my work. https://www.mygov.in/sites/default/files/user_comments/Efficient-Tax-Framework.pdf
Behavioral insight: This effort has also brought out the business behavior of tickling food consumption in individuals. Markets mechanisms reward the business behavior tickling food consumption as higher sales translates into higher profits. Governments in developed countries have set up a team to nudge people’s behavior for improving health especially in the area of obesity and non-communicable diseases. The business behavior of tickling food consumption generates or increases the need for governance efforts like behavior change interventions, and regulating tickling behavior will reduce the burden of governance.
The above framework will be a single basic document for Overeating behavior/Tax based financing for health/ Behavioral insight efforts.
先生 Raghavendra Guru Srinivasan