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Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
And you completely discount personal accountability. How exactly is a medical professional supposed to fix socioeconomic issues, cultural imperatives, and environmental factors? These are all contributors to obesity (and other health issues).
Simply put, if someone is committed to being healthy, health professionals have all the tools necessary to assist them (and csu's point about dietician vs nutritionist is completely valid). If they don't however, there's nothing that the medical profession can really do. The addiction analogy is entirely appropriate in that context.
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I'm more interested in root cause, than trying to help individuals who aren't interested in following health advice. The obesity epidemic is something that affects entire populations. It didn't happen because suddenly millions of people decided they don't care about their health. The most probably cause is decades of pushing low fat high carb diets as result of flawed diet heart hypothesis which has been later debunked. It became government policy and food industry was more than happy to oblige feeding us frankenfood stuffed with sugar. It's slowly changing now, but most people are still given bad advice. Your blood results are bad? Eat less fat. Ohh they are still bad, here are some statins for you to take for the rest of your life... Yes, it's medical professionals that got us into this mess in the first place, and most of them are still making us sick by their ignorance.