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I've heard that this is one of the reasons that obesity is a much bigger problem in the US vs. Europe. The way it read was that European countries have much mo

I've heard that this is one of the reasons that obesity is a much bigger problem in the US vs. Europe. The way it read was that European countries have much more homogenized cultures where people are more openly shamed for having an unhealthy lifestyle; due to the fact that the healthcare costs are more visibly distributed to everyone.

nicbou 6y ago
What would that say about obesity in Canada? In my limited experience, there is no such shaming going on in Germany. Perhaps people move around more, and drive around less? Perhaps it's related to how food is regulated?
dogma1138 6y ago
The U.K. has one of the most socialized healthcare systems in the world if not the most and it has a huge obesity problem.
BrandoElFollito 6y ago
Thereis probably some of this butthis would not be the first thing which comes to mind. At least in France, children are faced with healthy food since primary shool. Sodas distributors are forbidden up to and including high school. They are also given the opportuinty to do sports (my children, 14 and 16, routinely go to play football with their friends in an open field - in the subrbs of Paris) Then there is not much tolerence for fat people. Surprisingly, this equals fatness to having a disease. The company restaurants are very affordable and usually healthy. One of the things which also help a lot that it is traditional to drink water at meals. This is also what you get at school (and nothing else), and at the office (some would buy something else but this is unusual.