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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Obesity isn't a problem we can solve through legislature. Not *ethically*, at least.

Gyms and other exercise facilities already exist and are pretty commonplace; I've never lived or worked at an apartment complex that didn't provide a fitness center for all of its residents.

The problem is that nobody want to *use* them. What are we going to do, mandate that people spend X amount of time on thr treadmill each week?

This is a cultural problem. We need to make exercise appealing to people who wouldn't otherwise do it. And that's not really something the *government* can (or should have the power to) do.
gpt
There's evidence that if you prescribe an obese person a months supply of healthy food, they'll stick with the change in diet at a high enough rate that it's a cost saving. But most insurance companies are struggling to understand the concept and blather about giving people "Free food for being fat" instead, and the others have probably factored in the negative press and ridicule they'd get for doing it and decided it would be too damaging to the brand to be worth it.

Some public services in some countries have adopted the scheme and it seems to work out as a cost effective measure. Once it's more normalized I expect the private sector will start doing it too. So much for innovation I guess.