About obesity and statal intervention

There is a growing trend to see obesity as a public health problem that requires state intervention while some people feel that this is a personal issue that should be resolved accordingly. How do you see this?

Why obesity is a public health problem? Meanwhile unhealthy foods and eating in a fast food restaurant are more expensive than healthy ones, people would haven’t chance of being obese. For example, if you want to eat some crunchy and salad food, you easily can buy a cheap chips. But there are other options as fried vegetables whose proceed is healthier than chips, but the prices could be two or three times higher than chips. Healthy food should not be overpriced. It should cost the same (or less) than unhealthy food. It’s important to think that a healthy alimentation can prevent future illness. Obesity has not to be understood as a physical problem. Obesity is a problem because their consequences: complication to the heart and high cholesterol, for example.

Another position says that obesity is a personal issue, not a public one. People choice what kind of food buy and eat. If you want to eat healthy, you could do that: vegetables are not expensive, and you can do a planner to organise time of lunch and dinner. This way you avoid snacks during the day. In another hand, training is also important for a healthy life. Training is a free activity and people don’t need specifically objects. It could prevent health problems in the future. But what if people are not interested in this healthy life? It’s a personal decision. Governments shouldn’t intervene to avoid a disease that is a everyone’s responsibility.