My five point plan to fight obesity: - Standard 30 hour working week. - Higher top tax rate - More generous welfare payments - Cities designed to be more walkable - Accessible and affordable mental health care.
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Replying to @erinrileyau
While I agree with all of this on principle I'm not sure the evidence supports it as a solution to obesity. Mental health, for example, is such a horribly complicated correlation it's hard to sort out the cause/effect relationship
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Replying to @GidMK
I’m on my phone now, but I have evidence for almost all of these points!! (Except maybe mental health)
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Replying to @erinrileyau
I'll await it eagerly
obviously urban design is related to obesity but I'm not as convinced on the other points1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @GidMK
The relationship between sedentary lifestyles and obesity is pretty well-established. Difficult to not be sedentary, though, when you’re in an office all daylight hours 5 days a week
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Replying to @erinrileyau
This is true, but shortening the work week may not translate into more exercise. The reasons for sedentary behavior are many and complex and very interrelated with the whole urban design point
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Replying to @GidMK
I totally get it might not happen automatically, but I can’t see it happening without doing something to redress our work/nonwork balance
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Replying to @erinrileyau
Honestly I think you'd get much more bang for your buck with something like an increase in minimum wage. I'm not sure the causal connection between hours worked and obesity is strong enough to make much difference. At the very least it's a pretty minimal marginal benefit
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I guess I would add that regulatory measures like a sugar tax are pretty effective low-hanging fruit. It doesn't have to be a tax - you could just force providers to reduce sugar levels with regulation - but I think framing it as a tax has a bit more popular appeal
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