>Our response to issues like obesity and other long-term things is just horrendous - almost always trying to treat symptoms instead of causes. There isn't much

>Our response to issues like obesity and other long-term things is just horrendous - almost always trying to treat symptoms instead of causes. There isn't much you can do about the causes: many of them are intrinsic to the American lifestyle. Come to a country/city where people have to walk everywhere, and you won't see many obese people. That isn't doable in America because almost the entire country (except Manhattan NYC) is designed around everyone using cars to go everywhere, and walking being almost impossible or at least horribly dangerous without getting in your car and going someplace far away specifically meant for that activity.