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[–] 29 points 1 year ago

A tldr due to it being in Finnish:

  • Finland was in 15th place in 2014
  • ~1.2 million have over 30 BMI in Finland
  • ~1.2 million have fatty liver, 800k some type of sleep apnea, 500k type 2 diabetes
  • Processed foods and sweets getting more popular are blamed as the reason for this
  • Some experts and doctors recommend a higher taxes on these products, especially sweets (a higher candy tax was supposed to happen this year, but it was lobbied by companies not to); soft drink tax is still planned to get higher this year.
  • Some mentions at the end about Pohjois-Karjala(North Karelia) project. Old project that was done to reduce heart and lung diseases occuring in that municipality by teaching how to reduce salt/fat/smoking. Something similar could be done now in whole Finland
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    A lot of things aren't mentioned in the article but are still factual and true.

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  • [+] -15 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Hard to do that when you're hungry. Blaming the victim increases shame/guilt/stress and makes it worse, since that causes hormone production that result in weight gain. Working on a sustainable way to lose weight such as by reducing known obesogens is much more constructive.

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