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Originally Posted by FlameOn
There are plenty of people who are healthy, slim, and still get a heart attack. i.e. not fat, non-smokers, like she implies. Pretty famous ones too like Lance Reddick is a recent example. There are a lot of risk factors that go into heart attacks, some of which are just genetic pre-disposition increasing risk. Also that is Covid and long Covid effects which increases risk for a whole lot of conditions.
Her phrasing and meaning are exactly what you would expect from the UCP types, she's does not want anything to do with other people's heart attacks being made her problem. i.e. not looking to set up any type of preventative care and wants others to pay for it and would vote to strip others of that basic care. As we've seen already in other places, all this does is increase everyone's overalls, decrease services, and accessibility.
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You are right, not everyone who has a heart attack has that as a result of their lifestyle. However I would suggest that a significant portion, if not a majority, have heart attacks related to modifiable behaviours. It would be foolhardy to say that obesity, along with smoking, drinking and drug use don't result in negative health consequences.
There is a degree of personal choices that have been made, resulting in the current situation.
I am overweight, I know it and I know that I need to do more in order to better myself and my health. I know that if I keep on this path it can result in a negative health consequence at a younger age.
As I said we as a society have issues but as a result we need new thinking and increased government supports in order to come up with new ideas. Personally I think that having personal trainers and fitness memberships being prescribed by physicians for at risk groups, and having basic fitness memberships be tax deductible as well as government supported gyms in rural communities would be a start.