From what I’ve observed, even with free gym and advice, most of people will still ignore it. It’s simply not convenient, especially for people who haven’t gotten into a routine.

I live in an extremely walkable neighbourhood of a fairly dense city, and honestly speaking, and just walking around to do my daily chores already helps with casual fitness. I do bike, swim and lift, but mostly for “fun” rather than for health. And before consistently working out, I weighed constant amount (+-4 pounds change depended on the season). Honestly, I want to blame the epidemic on cars and the convenience it brings to everyone.

I agree, and that was a glib suggestion of mine. It's a combination of cultural proclivities and the infrastructure. I was in the military, so I lift weights basically every day and either swim or run on the days I don't ... but that's because I've just had fitness culture inculcated in my mind since I was 18. I don't live in a city where I have to walk everywhere to get everything. But my fitness preferences do make me vote in certain ways (for candidates that encourage more public transit, bike lanes, and so on). Politics is downstream from culture, I suppose?

> From what I’ve observed, even with free gym and advice, most of people will still ignore it. It’s simply not convenient, especially for people who haven’t gotten into a routine.

Maybe we should consider stronger incentives.

Such as “exercise passports”, you can’t enter public spaces unless you did 30 minutes of exercise that day. Would solve the problem very quickly.

Or obesity tax is another practical idea.

Imagine what half the population would say if an expert or an authority started telling people to walk more, eat less and eat better.

> I don't know, maybe Healthcare plans should include subsidies for gym memberships by law.

I can only imagine the level of added bureaucracy , certifications for gyms to qualify, and spiraling prices for gym users without healthcare plans through white collar salaried jobs. Just look at health care costs over the past 50 years as lengthier and lengthier laws have been passed in the hopes of shifting incentives and otherwise tweaking the system.

This would be a beautiful dream