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Does education work, in terms of improving health? Does it work better than regulation? I guess there should be data on this (in relation to tobacco/ alcohol).

Does education work, in terms of improving health? Does it work better than regulation? I guess there should be data on this (in relation to tobacco/ alcohol). My personal biases tell me that people don’t have great self control. Shifting social norms, such that over-consumption is less socially acceptable might help. But that’s hard to do (and something different than education).

lj3 9y ago
> Does education work, in terms of improving health? No. This has been beaten to death in dozens of studies going back to the 50s. Education does not trump brain chemistry. > Shifting social norms, such that over-consumption is less socially acceptable might help. It would help a lot, but food purity laws would help more. It would be nice if I could find a loaf of bread in a supermarket that didn't have HFCS in it.
- kbutler 9y ago
  Wish granted. Wonder bread is made with real sugar. www.wonderbread.ca Not completely sure it's bread, though.
- comstock 9y ago
  If you have a link to a good study, I would be interested in reading. Regarding beard, curiously enough I’ve just started using a bread maker. Takes 5mins to setup in the evening and can be timed to have the bread ready when you wake up, recommend.
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wybiral 9y ago
It's not just self control. The amount of money companies spend to feed disinformation in journals, advertisement, and to dominate shelf space makes for less educated people to be easily exploited.
sheepmullet 9y ago
> My personal biases tell me that people don’t have great self control. Shifting social norms, such that over-consumption is less socially acceptable might help. This is the key. We are social animals and we heavily regulate what we eat based on what other people eat. But we have been socialised to avoid strong judgement of obese people. Personally, I refuse to eat with obese friends unless they are actively trying to eat a healthy and well proportioned meal. In the same way that I don't hang out with friends when they smoke. Think about the difference in social response you will get if you admit you don't eat with obese people vs you won't sit at a table of smokers while they smoke! But I don't care. I've been obese and I'm not going back.

lj3 9y ago

> Does education work, in terms of improving health? No. This has been beaten to death in dozens of studies going back to the 50s. Education does not trump brain chemistry. > Shifting social norms, such that over-consumption is less socially acceptable might help. It would help a lot, but food purity laws would help more. It would be nice if I could find a loaf of bread in a supermarket that didn't have HFCS in it.

kbutler 9y ago
Wish granted. Wonder bread is made with real sugar. www.wonderbread.ca Not completely sure it's bread, though.
comstock 9y ago
If you have a link to a good study, I would be interested in reading. Regarding beard, curiously enough I’ve just started using a bread maker. Takes 5mins to setup in the evening and can be timed to have the bread ready when you wake up, recommend.

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wybiral 9y ago

It's not just self control. The amount of money companies spend to feed disinformation in journals, advertisement, and to dominate shelf space makes for less educated people to be easily exploited.

sheepmullet 9y ago

> My personal biases tell me that people don’t have great self control. Shifting social norms, such that over-consumption is less socially acceptable might help. This is the key. We are social animals and we heavily regulate what we eat based on what other people eat. But we have been socialised to avoid strong judgement of obese people. Personally, I refuse to eat with obese friends unless they are actively trying to eat a healthy and well proportioned meal. In the same way that I don't hang out with friends when they smoke. Think about the difference in social response you will get if you admit you don't eat with obese people vs you won't sit at a table of smokers while they smoke! But I don't care. I've been obese and I'm not going back.