[readthenotes1]

Actual health care can fix obesity.

The USA doesn't do much of that though. It prefers medical care.

(E.g., adding a dose-dependent sin tax on food-like substances with added sugar, subsidizing real food for those on SNAP. Unpopular because who doesn't want their simple carbs?)

[JumpCrisscross]

> USA doesn't do much of that

America does a lot of that, often quite well. It just isn’t provisioned equally, geographically or class-wise.

[HDThoreaun]

I dont think paternalism raises quality of life. If Mississippians want to live short, fat lives I dont see the problem.

[IAmBroom]

They don't want to, any more than someone who steps into traffic carelessly wants to have a broken hip (albeit on a different time scale). That's a stunningly paternalistic view.

[HDThoreaun]

I dont think the people in mississippi who are fat want to have diets that are comparable to french ones. I also think shame and peer pressure play a large role in keeping people from getting fat and personally find that a terrible way to run a society. Of course, all else equal, almost no one wants to be fat, but all else is not equal.

[s1artibartfast]

I prefer forced beatings in the town square