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if you want to actually deal with food and exercise related health outcomes (not "obesity" which seems like just a loaded media word at this point) then you have to tackle poverty, both in individual financial terms and in terms of what resources are available in diff areas
cn. weight chat
"lose weight" is obviously moralising, individualist, and easily becomes really hateful, but more than that it's a weird outcome to measure: you can do a bunch of exercise (healthy!) and not lose weight, or diet hard (bad for you!) and lose it
"lose weight" is obviously moralising, individualist, and easily becomes really hateful, but more than that it's a weird outcome to measure: you can do a bunch of exercise (healthy!) and not lose weight, or diet hard (bad for you!) and lose it
who can cook at home and who cant? who can get to a bigger, cheaper supermarket vs relying on smaller pricier shops? who can afford the gym? who lives where there's space to run? who breathes the cleanest air? these are all far better starting points than "lose 5lbs" ffs
if you've always had every advantage in food, local healthcare provision, exercise, kids sports classes, your work pays for your gym and what have you, maybe you dont get this, but im a posh software dev from west london and i managed to figure it out so, yanno
