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13 points

2 months ago

Imagine what would happen if the government actually regulated and restricted sugar.

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ryannathans@aussie.zone

6 points

2 months ago

Imagine if people gave a shit about what they consumed

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11 points

2 months ago

People in despair don’t care about much at all. Nevermind this shit is addictive, psychologically manipulative, it also acts as a little dopamine hit in an otherwise miserable life. Obesity deaths are deaths of despair.

Imagine if people wanted to live.

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ryannathans@aussie.zone

-9 points

2 months ago

Then make the decision to live. Let people choose. You want to exercise? Do it. You don’t? Then don’t. You want to eat shit? Then eat shit. You don’t? Then eat better. Oh no I don’t have the willpower to stop eating shit but now I can’t afford to continue so it doesn’t matter? This isn’t improvement

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9 points

2 months ago

People don’t just randomly make the decision to live, they need to have things for which to live.

You’re right, taxing sugar isn’t an answer. Banning it is better, somewhat, but it’s still not the best solution.

The best solution is to make people want to stop eating like shit and stop killing themselves. I called obesity deaths “deaths of despair” because it’s really not much different from any other unhealthy/dangerous behavior be that drug abuse, self harm, etc. Screaming “make the decision to live” at people is kinda fucking stupid lol

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ryannathans@aussie.zone

1 point

2 months ago

Do you know what portion of overweight people are depressed compared to healthy population?

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3 points

2 months ago

As we see here, obesity and very low body weight are both associated with worse mental health outcomes. Merely being overweight, interestingly, seems to be associated with better mental health outcomes. This tracts, being overweight isn’t necessarily associated with the kinds of unhealthy or dangerous behavior that obesity is - that’s just a problem of quantity rather than quality.

IANAD but I think obesity is the real killer.

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