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Originally Posted by chemgear
I get that the age we live in is one where people like to feel good about themselves no matter what - "we're all special and our kids are all special". And again, I'm not saying bullying people is the answer.
But why do we want to encourage people to accept the status quo of being in an obvious unhealthy situation. Why say that "it is okay" to live like that? Sure, there are the tiny percentages of people who have a disease/injury/whatever that makes it a reality; but the sheer majority have a choice.
Clearly the cost to society and all of us is huge. 20+% of healthcare funds alone are directed there.
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Wrong. As stated by the Public Health Agency of Canada the cost of obesity is more like 2% (
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/.../index-eng.php). If being obese automatically equals being unhealthy, then shouldn't that number be closer to 17-25%?
I'm also not an advocate for telling people to stay in an unhealthy situation. If they're unhealthy then maybe they should change their lifestyle. However, if they're healthy, then why should they change? The number on a scale does not define you as healthy or unhealthy.
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Originally Posted by zamler
Are you for real? Baldness has NO CURE. There are various procedures to offset hair loss, but either way if you are genetically programmed to go bald, it will happen. For the vast majority of people, fatness has a cure. 100% success rate. Put it this way, I would take being fat over going bald a million times over.
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If it has a 100% success rate, then why do the vast majority of people who successfully lose weight, put it back on (and sometimes more) within 3 years? Ignoring the genetics issue, if it's a psychological problem then it's not necessarily a case of just deciding to change. There may be issues that need to be worked through, training on how to eat properly, and so many other things that they'll need to do. This all costs a ton of money (a minimum of $500 at one nutritionist in Calgary, generally over $150/hour for psychologists...), that many people do not have just laying around. And if they're healthy and happy then it's quite likely they don't have the desire or motivation to change just to please the masses.