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There is a continuing desire to discuss personal responbility versus government regulation.  Obesity is more complex than this simple binary equation.  Over the last 30 years (when the obesity epidemic has occured), people have not become increasing irresponsible.

What needs to happen is that there needs to be a multi-faceted approach that involves having people have ability to make better choices and having an environment that supports people being able to make the choices they want.

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There is a continuing desire to discuss personal responsibility versus government regulation. Obesity is more complex than this simple binary equation. Over the last 30 years (when the obesity epidemic has burgeoned), people have not become increasingly irresponsible. The environment has change to make it much harder to make healthy choices (no exercise, very high calorie dense foods). What needs to happen is that there needs to be a multi-faceted approach that involves having people have the ability to make better choices and having an environment that supports people being able to make the choices they want.

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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