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post 1615258121 09-01-2020, 09:08 AM
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Why can' we do for obesity what we did for cigarettes?

The entire country went after smoking hard as fuk. What used to be cool and sexy was now a terrible vice that kills you and is toxic to those around you.

Can't we do some truth ads on obesity? Back when we shamed people for things, weren't we a healthier society? Can oldcels confirm?
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It's a bit trickier because it's not like certain products ALWAYS cause obesity. It's eating too much.
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lazy and petulent fat turds make up the majority of the population
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post 1615258261 09-01-2020, 09:10 AM
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Times have changed. Never gonna happen.

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Because the food industry/lobby has powerful allies in congress and deep pockets to pay them off.
You saw what happened when Oprah suggested avoiding red meat and Beef, lawsuit.

Michelle Obama suggested eating more plants and healthy food at school, and some went crazy at the suggestion of healthy habits.
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You are being a racist bigot.
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I too am for making fat shaming great again
post 1615258371 09-01-2020, 09:11 AM
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Now you want to shame me, Muzz? Rood.
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Nobody wants to touch obesity on that scale because where cigarettes were attacking the product, launching a similar campaign on obesity is attacking people. It would be met with a ton of resistance and IMO would be a much harder battle to fight than cigarettes.
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it'll trigger and hurt too many feelings

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post 1615258731 09-01-2020, 09:15 AM
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The use of corn syrup in foods should be banned or taxed HEAVILY. Also, reduce portion sizes.
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Obesity rates are higher among communities with lower household income levels.

It's harder for lower income individuals to afford higher quality "healthy" food.

If we tackled the problem then Democrats would lose their base and they can't have that. Keep enjoying that low cost soy and stop asking questions.
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Originally Posted By RJLXA⏩
it'll trigger and hurt too many feelings

brb stop body shaming me
brb I have thyroid problems
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Fuk people are so stupid, heard all these so many times from whales and sh!t.
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2020 people are "woke" and would rather embrace being a fkng fat a$$ claiming its "beautiful" and we shouldn't shame them for it...

Bruh im an 80's kid and if you were the slightest bit chubby kids turned into fkng savages.
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Because most people have become fat accepting *******s


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Because most people are lazy. It’s easier to blame obesity on 20 other things than to actually move around or count calories.
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Can't be a bmi tax. Should just come out and tax fatties.
Originally Posted By ukr1410⏩
It's a bit trickier because it's not like certain products ALWAYS cause obesity. It's eating too much.
This. Screw taxes on "unhealthy" food. I enjoy the "unhealthy" things and it keeps me from looking like I just left a Nazi camp.
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because people have to eat but don't have to smoke. apples and oranges bro.
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Just imagine if this came out today

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Nobody shamed us for smoking in Europe.
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The food industry moves the world, it creates a lot of jobs, incites technological developments and added value, compared to tobacco plantations and plants which are a kind of isolated entities that were easier to demonize but still keep up raking billions.
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Originally Posted By ukr1410⏩
It's a bit trickier because it's not like certain products ALWAYS cause obesity. It's eating too much.
Yeah, hard to pay for all those ads with absurdly high taxes when there are so many food products. I mean their is the soda tax. Maybe a fast food tax? The poors would riot.
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Originally Posted By grey27⏩
Yeah, hard to pay for all those ads with absurdly high taxes when there are so many food products. I mean their is the soda tax. Maybe a fast food tax? The poors would riot.
Taxing any kind of food is a slippery slope. Health campaigns and healthy eating commercials/advertisements are a better option.
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
The entire country went after smoking hard as fuk. What used to be cool and sexy was now a terrible vice that kills you and is toxic to those around you.

Can't we do some truth ads on obesity? Back when we shamed people for things, weren't we a healthier society? Can oldcels confirm?
since when smoking seems to be in and always will be
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I really dont know where this "cheaper to eat at mcdonalds" BS comes from that tries to justify lower income individuals being fat as phuck.

It is DIRT CHEAP to get chicken breast, rice, and veggies like broccoli/spinach (and even cheaper if you go the frozen route for chicken/veggies). I eat out a couple times a week and that **** adds up to be more than groceries.

Fat people are not fat because they're poor. They're fat because they eat a lot and move too little, they're lazy, and they have no discipline.
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I live in an upper middle class college town(so this could just be shifting demographics), but I rarely see many obese people anymore under the age of 25. I went to this same college about 10 years ago, and there weren't a lot of fat people but you'd have a couple in every class. Now I'd say it's extremely rare to see anyone above 20 lbs overweight.

I think this problem is in the process of fixing itself. Social Media has a way of shaming people into better diet and exercise without being an ******* about it.
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Originally Posted By KAPAT⏩
I really dont know where this "cheaper to eat at mcdonalds" BS comes from that tries to justify lower income individuals being fat as phuck.

It is DIRT CHEAP to get chicken breast, rice, and veggies like broccoli/spinach (and even cheaper if you go the frozen route for chicken/veggies). I eat out a couple times a week and that **** adds up to be more than groceries.

Fat people are not fat because they're poor. They're fat because they eat a lot and move too little, they're lazy, and they have no discipline.
Fat people are often uneducated and don't know how to cook or eat healthily.
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