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It's very interesting because I was struck that the western world has its own from of a public health epidemic caused by cultural standards: sedentary working a
by harmegido 12y ago
It's very interesting because I was struck that the western world has its own from of a public health epidemic caused by cultural standards: sedentary working and obesity.
- fiatmoney 12y agoObesity isn't contagious in the same sense that fecally transmitted diseases are. "Public health" actually has a meaning beyond "big health problem".
- DanBC 12y agoI'm unsure what meaning you're attaching to "public health". Here are en.Wikipedia, a UK Government site, and a training programme from the US CDC about their Public Health Prevention Service which talks about Obesity. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/public-health https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/public-health http://www.cdc.gov/phps/More.html http://www.cdc.gov/phps/More.html All three of these reputable sources specifically mention obesity as a public health problem. What source are you using for your more restricted meaning of the term?
- Houshalter 12y agoSedentary working probably isn't the cause of obesity. It takes a significant amount of exercise to lose weight. There are also plenty of people in third world countries that have relatively sedentary jobs.