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The subtext of the article seems to be that anorexia is a worse public health problem than obesity.
by DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
The subtext of the article seems to be that anorexia is a worse public health problem than obesity.
- loceng 9y agoIn France perhaps it is compared to in the US?
- omosubi 9y agoit may not be a worse public health problem, but eating disorders, especially anorexia, have the highest fatality rate of any mental health disorder. source - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2012/spotlight-on-eating-disorders.shtml https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2...
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoObesity has the highest co-morbidity of any mental health disorder.
- meowface 9y agoIs this illness olympics? Both are bad.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoFacts matter. Obesity is much, much worse.
- e12e 9y agoIn France? With regards to mortality rates of young people?
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- colemickens 9y agoHow is that? How does tackling one prevent tackling the other? Or even trade off from it?
- abiox 9y agoi can't really speak to their claim of subtext. however, > How does tackling one prevent tackling the other? Or even trade off from it? this seems like a red herring question, but to answer literally: in an economic sense, resources are finite. as such, it must be decided how to apportion efforts.