[Tacopuck]

As much as I like any idea that would get the population healthier, mandated activity while I would guess would be extremely effective is not something Id like to set the precedent that the gov can impose. I also dont think taxing "unhealthy" foods would be effective for a multitude of reasons.

What I do think would work and not actually require any mandate or tax is a set $ rebate (say ~$200 eligible for every adult every 3-5 years) for the purchase of a smart watch that has health tracking capabilities (ie it would require certain sensors to be eligible).

Before I got one I would have laughed at this idea and put in the same realm of giving money away for people to buy smartphones. But after having one for a year it has drastically improved my fitness and I didn't even purchase it for that reason.

Few things that are huge:
- Continuous HR monitoring, great for establishing progression of fitness, some even have ECG's which can detect heart irregularities
- Pulse Ox - can actually be used to identify possible sleep apnea (please see a specialist to verify)
- Sleep tracking - this has been huge and has allowed me to identify what causes bad sleep and eliminate / reduce it
- Activity tracking - great for fitness, alot of watches come now with 'trainers' that can help guide your workouts
- Stress tracking - the thing knows when im stressed and allows me to intervene when it does
- HRV tracking - tells me if I'm overtraining or if I'm becoming sick or need more recovery
- Steps / stairs / calorie counting - great tools for managing your caloric deficit / surplus

Sure some will just use the rebate to get the watch for the "tech" but honestly the more people have access to this stuff the more they will use it. It really gamifies fitness which can be helpful for alot of people.

Not to mention you can provide all this data (if you want) to your doctor to give them a more complete picture of your health than just your check up stats.