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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a problem because inevitably non obese shell out billions of dollars to compensate for the incredible drain obese people are on our society.[/quote]

We get obese working long hours at assigned seats in office buildings that we can't walk to from where we live.  But we produce plenty of market value before interventions are required.

Eating garbage food also fattens the profits of the fast food industry and most food conglomerates.  This also has contributed to economic growth as the agriculture sector has been transformed by this change in consumer habits.

You're only looking at the externalities and not the full accounting.

RTO takes personal commute time people could devote to exercise and reassign it to a polluting, sedentary pastime.  Yet many conservatives believe RTO is "productive".

You cannot blame people for every consequence of our obesogenic culture.[/quote]

+1 70% of US adults are overweight or obese. Adults are surrounded by ultra processed sugary foods and have sedentary jobs and limited time to cook or exercise. What did folks think was going to happen?[/quote]

are you a goose bred for pate? do you not control what goes in your mouth? [/quote]

Says you, a person who cant control her mouth?[/quote]

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