Eh, social pressure works, on the large scale.
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Citation needed.
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Complete lack of drive through fast food in France, maybe? Obesity seems to need plenty + lower penalties for gluttony.
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Replying to @Recursion_Agent @M_Methuselah
Nobody knows what's causing the rise in obesity. My money's on air conditioning, TBH
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Replying to @St_Rev @M_Methuselah
That could def be a contributing factor. Also: soft drinks.
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Replying to @Recursion_Agent
Government nutrition policy since 1970 or so has been catastrophically bad. Eggs and fats demonized, carbs pushed hard. Now almost everyone has fatty liver disease from all the fructose.
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Replying to @St_Rev @Recursion_Agent
Obesity in general is really hard to find a clear causative factor for, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-alcoholic_fatty_liver_disease … is a lot more straightforward.
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Replying to @St_Rev @Recursion_Agent
Everybody's walking around with livers like foie gras now.
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Coincidentally, cola consumption is going up in China, so we have front row seats to watch this unfold, now.
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Anyway, when professional meddlers start talking about "policies which will help us all to keep a healthy weight", remember that these are the kind of motherfuckers who forced fat-free sugar-loaded chocolate milk on schoolkids.
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The policies they endorse are far more likely to do harm than good, because their incentives are corrupted.
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