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Originally Posted by MMM
I think the idea that your weight is something that you yourself are the master of needs to come back to the surface.
Many companies thrive by paying people to meet goals and punishing for not meeting goals. We learn those standards in grade school.
Why do we pretend personal health is something we have no control over, when it is the one thing we probably have the most control over in our lives?
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1. So then I take it then you say no to rewards and no to punishment in the form of money, grants or preferential treatment in general to individuals, schools, or businesses? If this is what you are saying, then I have to agree.
2. If the one thing we have the most control over in our lives is personal health, why should the Japanese or US government play a role in measuring waists and setting standards of the correct sized body and then rewarding or punishing accordingly? Who is government to decide how think one should be?
3. It is not natural to be over or under weight. But we are also a product of our occupation (physically active vs physically inactive), the free time we have and other variables such our commuting options in where we live, amount of lunch time, amount of vacation, amount of hours we work a week. This, like others have mentioned in this thread, is a big contributor. The other is simply the idea of bringing your own meal and not relying on the options the student or office worker is confined to.