According to some sources, at least 1 in 8 of the world population is classified as ‘obese’. Since nobody in any government seems to have thought up a working solution, what do you believe can be done to solve the epidemic?

the alleged definition of obesity

  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Meanwhile people working 10h shifts with 2h commute still having to find time to do laundry and take care of their homes which they barely have money to pay the rent find out the industry removed all nutrients from affordable food they have time and energy to prepare and turned them into basically fat, sugar and chemical preservatives… there was a time in history obesity was higher among the rich, it was linked to eating too much, but now obesity is higher among lower income, and it’s linked to the available food being pure shit - not to mention purposely addictive.
    Regardless if you agree or think I’m a full of shit, I recommend checking out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqLPYQRs6Sk

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      7 days ago

      I’m not saying any of that isn’t true.

      But the government can’t make you eat correctly. If you want to enjoy eating healthy, it has a cost. That cost includes learning how to cook affordable, delicious, and healthy food. It exists. It can even be made quickly. But you’re not going to magically develop that skillset by osmosis. You have to seek out new information and try new things. If you want to keep doing the same thing over and over, nothing is going to change.

      • Seb the goblin@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Wow, what a tone-deaf, obviously-did-read-the-comment response, thank you for reminding me how selfish and embarrassing people can be

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            6 days ago

            There is always the comment from people who NEED to eat at McDonald’s because their life is so damn stressful that they don’t have 20min a day to cook and tge government takes their beans and their rice away. They basically force feed them Donut’s. It’s a tragedy actually.

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              I don’t even mind these ones. It’s the ones that insist that they don’t lose weight in a calorie deficit that irk me, eg. saying they can’t lose weight because they have PCOS. Like you can just say you don’t want to lose weight. We don’t know you. We’re not the one stuck living in your body, you are.