> How about offering people rewarding opportunities for exercise that don't cost a fortune (if you live in a traffic-ridden district, who wants to "go for a wal

> How about offering people rewarding opportunities for exercise that don't cost a fortune (if you live in a traffic-ridden district, who wants to "go for a walk" really?) > How about educating people more vigorously about food addiction? Finally, an easy question to answer! Because these do not work, empirically. They do work in theory, and sometimes work anecdotally, but that's evidently not enough to solve the obesity crisis. "Citation needed!" okay, here's the result of two seconds of Googling: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221839/ > Apart from the obvious need to increase energy expenditure relative to intake, none of the strategies that have been proposed to promote weight loss or maintenance of weight loss are universally recognized as having any utility in weight management. The efficacy of individual interventions is poor, and evidence regarding the efficacy of combinations of strategies is sparse, with results varying from one study to another and with the individual