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> It's also not just a private decision when my insurance health premiums and taxation pay for the consequences of their self-destruction. This is unsolvable a
by yunohn 4y ago
> It's also not just a private decision when my insurance health premiums and taxation pay for the consequences of their self-destruction.
This is unsolvable and consequence of existing in a society. Unless you’ve disavowed all the “unhealthy sins” and actively avoid all risk factors, maybe then you can hold such a view. Doesn’t mean others should listen you though…
- hackerlight 4y agoIt is improveable. Metabolic syndrome is a late-20th and early-21st century phenomenon caused by the processed and junk foods industry. The worst of the effects can be improved with policy, whether that's public health messaging, taxes, bans or regulations. We saw this happen with smoking. Members of a society have a responsibility to not impose unnecessarily burdensome costs on other members of society. If someone wants to develop metabolic syndrome on their own dime, that's none of my business. As it stands, it is my business, because the costs they're imposing on me are unacceptably high.