• slaacaa@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Obesity is a disease, so it should be treated as such. It’s not more of a personal failure then getting lung cancer from smoking.

    Yet tobacco companies are shamed and taxed, while the sellers of addictive junk foods and sugary waters are thrivingcand marketing for children.

    And at the end, people are dying, and taxpayers are paying the cost for capitalist greed.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
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      23 minutes ago

      Nobody blames the patient for getting lung cancer, they blame the patient for smoking for years knowing the risks.

      Same thing with obesity related heart issues. You aren’t being blamed for the heart issues, you are being blamed for eating yourself into obesity.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      There’s a saying: “it’s not your fault, but you are the only person who can solve it”.

      Only you can reduce your calories, only you can stop smoking and only you can quit alcohol. That’s shitty that you have to, and in an ideal world it wouldn’t be like this, but it is.