> Now this is what should be being researched. Indeed. Not only that, but it as well. And believe me, it is being researched. > The public health problem with

> Now this is what should be being researched. Indeed. Not only that, but it as well. And believe me, it is being researched. > The public health problem with that is you might come to a conclusion where it is harder to blame the patient. How is that a problem? Public health is not about blaming anyone, it’s about improving individuals’ health and diminishing the burden of illnesses on society overall. > The “sugar is bad mmmkay” serves a convenient purpose when providing people with something to moralize about. A lot of things are bad. Sugar, like most things, is benign in small quantities but at this point its downsides are quite well documented. It is also quite addictive. There is nothing moral or immoral about this. I don’t really blame people who consume too much of it, but at the society’s level we should do something about it. And other things, we have more than one problem.