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Public health and policy responses to obesity
On top of controversies about the causes of obesity, and about its precise health implications, come policy controversies about the correct policy approach to obesity. The main debate is between "personal responsibility" advocates, who resist regulatory attempts to intervene in citizen's private dietary habits, and "public interest" advocates, who promote regulations, on the same public health grounds as the restrictions applied to tobacco products. In the U.S., a recent bout in this controversy involves the so-called Cheeseburger Bill, an attempt to indemnify food industry businesses from what some consider to be frivolous lawsuits by obese clients.
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Well, now, isn't this interesting. The "public interest" advocates promoting regulations based on the same restrictions applied to tobacco products.
We may well get you outlawed, too. Ya never know, when the government starts taking away rights................who's next????
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On top of controversies about the causes of obesity, and about its precise health implications, come policy controversies about the correct policy approach to obesity. The main debate is between "personal responsibility" advocates, who resist regulatory attempts to intervene in citizen's private dietary habits, and "public interest" advocates, who promote regulations, on the same public health grounds as the restrictions applied to tobacco products. In the U.S., a recent bout in this controversy involves the so-called Cheeseburger Bill, an attempt to indemnify food industry businesses from what some consider to be frivolous lawsuits by obese clients.
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Well, now, isn't this interesting. The "public interest" advocates promoting regulations based on the same restrictions applied to tobacco products.
We may well get you outlawed, too. Ya never know, when the government starts taking away rights................who's next????
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Let me suggest, that Terry Girl and gahs4ever sit down together and
have some tobacco brownies. - Or marijuana brownies would be better
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New commercial:
gahs4ever to Terrygirl : " GET IN MY BELLY!"
TerryGirl: " this mans crazy, I need a cigarette"
have some tobacco brownies. - Or marijuana brownies would be better
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New commercial:
gahs4ever to Terrygirl : " GET IN MY BELLY!"
TerryGirl: " this mans crazy, I need a cigarette"
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