Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only tip of the iceberg

Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by alecco on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:08AM (#32539785)

An aging obese population is the elephant in the room. This problem is not only happening in UK.

About 15 years ago the NHS tried to add easy to read labeling to foods with a semaphore: red, yellow, green. And it was blocked during a Labour government with majority.

Giving it more and more funds while not fixing the underlying problems is going to cause a massive budget crisis. We need to fix the causes not the symptoms.

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Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by inglor_cz on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:27AM (#32540524)

"easy to read labeling to foods with a semaphore: red, yellow, green"

Easy to read, OK, but would it actually be reliable?

It is way too easy to label avocado red because of high fat content while labeling a candy bar orange because sugar isn't officially considered that dangerous ... and unlike avocado farmers, highly processed food producers have a good lobby.

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Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by jotm on Sunday August 21, 2022 @02:43PM (#32543165)

Looking at bigger/higher res monitors getting worse "ratings" over here (obviously they use more power lol), yeah these labels are dumb as hell.

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Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by tremon on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:21AM (#32539910)

We need to fix the causes not the symptoms

We need both. You don't fix a skull fracture by giving the patient a helmet.

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Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by headsoup on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:58AM (#32540247)

Well you might give them a helmet to protect the injured area if serious, so bad example there I'd say.

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