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I think it takes a special kind of delusion to be aware of obesity maps with clear trends and still think it's 100% personal choice. http://www.maxmasnick.com/
by mkr-hn 12y ago
I think it takes a special kind of delusion to be aware of obesity maps with clear trends and still think it's 100% personal choice.
http://www.maxmasnick.com/2011/11/15/obesity_by_county/ http://www.maxmasnick.com/2011/11/15/obesity_by_county/
- yummyfajitas 12y agoWhy do you believe that personal choices cannot be correlated with the county one lives in? For example, people in Portland tend (according to stereotypes, at least) to eat a lot of Granola and Kale. Does choice play no role, and the city government merely forces hipsters in these locales to eat these things?
- mkr-hn 12y agoWhich part of my post indicated that I think personal choice can't be a factor?
- yummyfajitas 12y ago"...clear trends and still think it's 100% personal choice." I interpreted this as suggesting that somehow county-based correlations contradict personal choice.
- mkr-hn 12y agoOne can choose to do something, but social, economic, and environmental factors can affect the viability and difficulty level of possible actions. There may be a reason obesity seems to clump together in certain places, and personal choice could be an insufficient explanation. They may choose it, but that choice doesn't exist in a vacuum.