Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
You know, you are not to blame if you put on excess body fatness, even if medical and political forces push it down on you. Generations of putting obesity onto individual responsibility reflects lazy politics and medical practice (or at least underestimating the complexity of the issue), not lazy people. Policy should help, not hinder, people’s desire to be healthy at whatever size they feel good at. The free market, however, sets the backdrop for the drama associated with weight gain, body fatness, and obesity.
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