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Old 06-08-2014, 11:51 AM   #172
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Originally Posted by Daradon View Post
Shaming people for any problem never works, weight or otherwise. Especially when you start talking about problems where issues like addiction, mental health, and personal change have roles in the equation.
I intend to provide a more comprehensive reply later, but for now, here's a thought:

Wasn't a huge part of smoking's rise the normalisation and glamourisation of it? And isn't the stigmatisation of smoking now a huge part of its decline? Why shouldn't I extrapolate that obesity would follow the same patterns?
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