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Re:U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Rec... by ashleyn on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:06PM (#24507922)
Individuals have the right to choose obesity and pay their own costs related to it. This isn't "mob rule" because nobody is really forcing anyone else to be obese.

There's no problem to solve other than being more cognizant of the costs obesity will impose on one as an individual.

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Re:U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Rec... by i_haz_rabies on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:13PM (#24508043)
Society pays for it too. Less so than some countries given America's private healthcare system, but as an extreme example... what happens if America needs more soldiers? Overeating means more agriculture means more land used/more inputs required/more carbon burned. Illness and early deaths has an impact on productivity. No man is an island, everything you do has an impact on society.
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Re:U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Rec... by zionic on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:09PM (#24507966)
>and pay their own costs related to it.

Now run the numbers again with socialized healthcare. When society's tax dollars are funding your triple bypass from your 30+ BMI it's absolutely societies business.

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