Should the government have any role in fighting obesity or improving the health of its citizens?

[TheKentuckian]

78. Sure. Constant evaluation of subsidies impacts and re-targeting as needed.

More resources for those on assistance programs to allow more margin to make better choices.

Add nutrition to curriculum to provide more tools to more people at earlier ages to make better informed choices.

Make sure products are what they claim to be and are clearly labeled.

Keep the poison out.

Better quality school meals, with no point of sale cost.

Like most problems, the biggest impact is to reduce poverty. The second is to get money out of politics so lobbyist don't buy our representation that derails the public interests.The third is to increase buying power/wages so everyone has more room to make better choices.

We also need to understand how sedentary many of our modern jobs really are and restructure our days to allow exercises to balance this out some. Eight or more hours of sitting around plus commute isn't anywhere near natural, we didn't evolve from such lifestyles, our bodies are not designed for the modern workday that even a workout before or after work doesn't resolve. It helps but it doesn't work for everyone. Usually, it is the better resourced that benefit from such.

I leave for work between 8:30 and 9 and get home between 8:30 and 9:30 depending on having to stay late or if need to run an errand. My ass is trying to recuperate or catch up on what slides around the house and personally during workdays. It is tough schedule and energy-wise to make it happen A couple of 20 minute exercise periods a day would make a huge difference in my health and fitness even if it was just cardio and I had to handle my own weight time.
Just stirring up the blood and breaking a sweat a couple times a day would mean a lot to almost everyone. People that still have jobs that keep them moving would benefit from those same periods being used to exercises the brain some with reading, doing brain teasers, refreshing some mental skill. Folks in the middle that do repetitive movements need to break that up and engage in natural motion and put their minds elsewhere.