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There are a lot of obvious things but it looks like the majority of people don't care. Obesity, diabetes, lack of exercise, it kills more than anything in the w

There are a lot of obvious things but it looks like the majority of people don't care. Obesity, diabetes, lack of exercise, it kills more than anything in the west yet we address things like car safety with more urgency

29083011397778 4y ago
> yet we address things like car safety with more urgency And even then we only focus on the people inside the car.
- nradov 4y ago
  IIHS car safety ratings now include pedestrian collision prevention. https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/acura/integra-4-door-sedan/2023#front-crash-prevention-vehicle-to-pedestrian-day https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/acura/integra-4-door-se...
PuppyTailWags 4y ago
I don't think a majority of people don't care. The causes of obesity and how to un-obese people sustainably and over the long term is still not entirely known. We can cut someone's stomach to a fraction of its size, and the fat person still regains weight after 10 years. The best weight loss drugs that are being researched are actually hormone-based, not fullness-based or some other signaling. There's something fucky going on with the way obesity occurs that doesn't appear to have much to do with how much a fat person "cares" (and in fact, caring too much in the wrong way actually makes it worse-- internalizing fat shaming narratives tends to fatten people regardless of their weight!). I also think lack of exercise isn't a care thing. The US literally works more hours than other first world countries-- who has the time to hit the gym or go for runs?
nradov 4y ago
It was so weird watching public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on early reports out of China we knew from the beginning that obesity was a key risk factor for severe cases, and yet they hardly mentioned the importance of losing weight. Instead they wasted a lot of effort on other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as face masks, which had never been proven to have any significant benefit for the general public. https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1118 https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1118 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6
- pixl97 4y ago
  Because saying "Oh, lose 100lbs in a month before covid shows up" would have killed ever more people quickly.

29083011397778 4y ago

> yet we address things like car safety with more urgency And even then we only focus on the people inside the car.

nradov 4y ago
IIHS car safety ratings now include pedestrian collision prevention. https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/acura/integra-4-door-sedan/2023#front-crash-prevention-vehicle-to-pedestrian-day https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/acura/integra-4-door-se...

PuppyTailWags 4y ago

I don't think a majority of people don't care. The causes of obesity and how to un-obese people sustainably and over the long term is still not entirely known. We can cut someone's stomach to a fraction of its size, and the fat person still regains weight after 10 years. The best weight loss drugs that are being researched are actually hormone-based, not fullness-based or some other signaling. There's something fucky going on with the way obesity occurs that doesn't appear to have much to do with how much a fat person "cares" (and in fact, caring too much in the wrong way actually makes it worse-- internalizing fat shaming narratives tends to fatten people regardless of their weight!). I also think lack of exercise isn't a care thing. The US literally works more hours than other first world countries-- who has the time to hit the gym or go for runs?

nradov 4y ago

It was so weird watching public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on early reports out of China we knew from the beginning that obesity was a key risk factor for severe cases, and yet they hardly mentioned the importance of losing weight. Instead they wasted a lot of effort on other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as face masks, which had never been proven to have any significant benefit for the general public. https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1118 https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1118 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6

pixl97 4y ago
Because saying "Oh, lose 100lbs in a month before covid shows up" would have killed ever more people quickly.