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(or, to clarify, the thing that interests me most about that, is even though obesity is the most pervasive, many people still understand it the least.

Posted by TFox Nov 17 '09, 07:34

Not everyone, there are plenty of people who don't "get" gays or people in prison, but there are shitloads of people who still think obesity is always completely an individual's fault, and that BMI and traditional definitions of obesity are actually correct and/or meaningful, and so on. Which amuses the shit out of me.

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- And the parallels seem obvious to me: genetics can make some dudes jam dudes and some dudes jam chicks... - TFox Nov 17, 07:40 17
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    - i'm saying that the assumption that obese people are "at fault" or "not trying" is flawed. - TFox Nov 17, 07:48 14
      - a better comparison is mental health, IMO -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:02 1
        
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        a) i don't think we really understand the "great costs" of obesity as it's defined. morbid obesity, yes. i think normal obesity definitions - TFox Nov 17, 08:03 7
        
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        you can also turn off marrying dudes, obviously. but we don't want to. who defines excessive? - TFox Nov 17, 08:12 1
        
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        Everyone is inclined to eat, but not everyone is obese -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:05 3
        
        making my point. -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 08:06 2
        
        Then I think you and Jack are... agreeing? -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:12 1
        
        mostly, yes. i know it isn't a 100% perfect analogy, but what is, really? -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 08:13
      - but that's not true for every obese person. Plenty of people are obese because they eat too much and don't exercise. - Elf Andie Nov 17, 07:52 2
        
        Plenty of people are not obese despite eating too much and not exercising as well. - TFox Nov 17, 07:59 1
        
        If we're judging solely on eating habits, I should probably be dead. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 08:03
  - (superiority of some of those, not everyone) -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 07:40

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