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We do still have a real obesity problem in the USA and it affects the poorest in the country quite badly.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3198075/

In fact according to government data:

>U.S. counties with poverty rates exceeding 35% have age-adjusted obesity rates substantially higher than wealthy counties.

Being fat is actually a disease of the poor.

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Yeah that point no longer really applies because bad food is cheap. And also fast, people that work a lot don't have the time to spend an hour cooking.

Counterpoint: Mark Benioff is worth about $9 B and has struggled with obesity for most of his career.

Mark Benioff is also struggling with fake AI-generated videos- https://x.com/Benioff/status/2116658212640604297?a=SNDwXOvrG...

There's always exceptions to any rule.

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