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It's really easy to see online too. Just browse online dating profiles for large cities versus suburbs (or walkable/transit cities versus car-only cities). Pe
by seiji 11y ago
It's really easy to see online too. Just browse online dating profiles for large cities versus suburbs (or walkable/transit cities versus car-only cities). People go from looking like actual people to looking like comical balloons.
Obesity is a national (global?) security crisis. It will cost trillions in preventable medical expenses, it causes excess fuel consumption, reduces productivity, and government+industry seems complicit in continuing the trend based on city planning and subsidy allocations. (Not to mention government policies/recommendations probably started the whole obesity crisis by promoting "low fat, high carb+sugar" eating practices ("food pyramid") for two dozen years across an increasingly sedentary population.)
- brookside 11y agoI buy 'crisis' but, 'security crisis'?
- seiji 11y agoWhere do the trillions of dollars for medical coverage come from? Either increased taxes for everybody or increased insurance payments for everybody. Monetary security. What about lost productivity due to self-induced health issues? Economic security. What about military? We can't have armed forces of obese recruits. National defense security. What about police? What's the use of an overweight police force that can't walk up stairs without getting winded? Local security.