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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by xtreme on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:50PM (#16824317)
Maybe they just don't see the value in losing weight? People smoke and drink despite being well aware of the associated risks, what's so different about food?
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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by chiefalchemist on Friday April 13, 2018 @06:49AM (#16828716)
That's my point. We've nornalized the abnormal. We've turned (potential) illness into a massive (pun intended) market for self help "gurus" (e.g., Oprah).

95% of the messages are: eat what you want, what matters is you still love yourself." Too few add that the extra weight is unhealthy.

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