• grue@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Everyone is fat

    Exactly, which points squarely at an environmental cause, not at individual sloth/gluttony or some shit like that.

    The conclusion you’re saying doctors arrive at—which I don’t doubt you’re correct about—is actually completely fucking backwards.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah but your doctor cant prescribe you burning down capitalism, they can prescribe you lower your caloric intake.

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      7 months ago

      which points squarely at an environmental cause

      No, it points to people eating processed food and other shit. Guess what, you can still be healthy if you eat healthy.

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        So then the question becomes, why is processed food and other shit so pervasive in the average American diet? That’s what an environmental factor is.

        Refusing to think about the problem in terms of systems because you’ve got a hard-on for blaming individuals is absolutely missing the point.

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          You are 100% correct that we as a society have a problem with this

          That’s why the individual has to take extra care to eat right and excersise. Their doctor needs to emphasize this as much as possible.

          VCan we fix out society? I don’t know, I sure hope so. But in the meantime people are responsible for their own health.