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I'm not sure that's completely fair. Countries vary so much that putting it down to "the government" ignores all the other factors. You're examples are all on t
by CodeGlitch 6y ago
I'm not sure that's completely fair. Countries vary so much that putting it down to "the government" ignores all the other factors. You're examples are all on the southern hemisphere, with mostly nice weather where people spend more time outside. General population health also has a massive effect. Here in the UK we are a nation of overweight old people, but fat-shaming is a thing so that's only going to get worse.
- mprovost 6y agoBut those antipodean countries are all coming out of their winter. So they got through the worst of it during the coldest part of the year, with more people indoors, and only now are getting into summer.
- CodeGlitch 6y agoI'm not sure about those other countries, but an Australian "winter" is very different from a British winter. As I said - there are other factors here (many more than I mentioned) - that you can't compare countries so easily.
- umanwizard 6y agoAgree with you in principle, except that Japan and Korea are at temperate latitudes in the northern hemisphere.
- CodeGlitch 6y agoNot sure why you are all focusing on my example with the weather. Like I said there are many factors involved here, with the weather being one of them.
- umanwizard 6y agoI completely agree with your overall point, that there are too many confounding factors to reliably attribute anything to government actions. I guess I just couldn't resist the urge to nit.