Public Health

yeah i agree. but I'd like to highlight that prevention is not a necessarily a question of individual responsibility only. in my mind it's more an issue of society deciding to take action on an issue and using the power of regulations to make them come true. e.g., simply disallowing smoking in certain places, adding these rather gruesome images to cigarette packs (I'm no fan of the increased taxes, as they make cigarettes smuggling attractive). or limiting alcohol advertisement in the public. another example might be the French national(!) government deciding that the number of drownings had become intolerable and that therefore state sponsored swimming pools had to be built. back to obesity: i think the opposition of the food industry to any kind of regulation is quite telling. they gaslight us into believing that it's all a question of individual responsibility and that coca cola can be part of a healthy diet, or that a single serving of chips is about 23.537g , or that ultra high processed food is dubious as a category of discourse, or whatnot. so, no. prevention is a societal effort and the individual responsibility take is highlighted by interested parties.

it's really is topic doctors should prescribe for those with low blood pressure. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-coca-colas-calories-out-myth-backfired-spectacularly/