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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn
What I am saying is that they are all "bad" for you... some quite obviously more than others however they are "bad" for you and result in increased healthcare costs. That's not debatable, that's a fact.
Because they all contribute to healthcare costs the government can swoop in and say, "hey, we need to lower healthcare costs so we want less people doing X". Where X is whatever they want.
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actually, if you want some facts on what is causing health care costs to rise, then look to diet, smoking, and other preventable chronic diseases.
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat ?preventable chronic diseases.? Not all of these diseases are linked to diet ? there?s smoking, for instance ? but many, if not most, of them are.
We?re spending $147 billion to treat obesity, $116 billion to treat diabetes, and hundreds of billions more to treat cardiovascular disease and the many types of cancer that have been linked to the so-called Western diet."
Yes, exercise has its risks, but I don't think you can put it into the same boat when it comes to the costs and consequences like smoking or eating the wrong foods. If you have some facts (That's not debatable, that's a fact.) showing the high cost to health care that exercise is causing, it would be cool to share.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html