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by sheepmullet 2764 days ago
> Doesn’t really work in practice though, because you rapidly deteriorate into a ludicrously invasive system

In practice there is a small core group of activities that cause the vast majority of the problems.

> Coordinated and sustained public health programs can reduce the adverse effects of lifestyle

In practice we don’t have the stomach to use techniques that are time tested.

Take obesity - fat shaming works but it’s rough on the people who are being shamed.

Instead of fat shaming though there is a fat acceptance movement.