As Obesity Rises, Remote Pacific Islands Plan to Abandon Junk Food
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#2“Can anyone seriously say that Vanuatu doesn’t have the right to exercise its health sovereignty in every way possible to protect its population from an epidemic of that scale?”
I would usually say exactly that. It's up to individuals to make decisions about what they do and do not eat and live with the consequences. Foods that accurately state their nutritional content and contain only ingredients that can be safely eaten in moderation should not be banned under ordinary circumstances because overconsumption is unhealthy. The rate of increase in obesity-related disease, however is astounding and arguably justifies extraordinary measures.
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#3Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
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#4Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
It's a dateline[0], the locale where the author is writing the story.
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#5Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
Usually that indicates from where the report was filed.
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#6Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
Typically it's where the author submits the story from, even when the story is about a different place.
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#7Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
The reporter is located there, which makes sense since it's a major city in the region under discussion.
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#8Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
This is the "dateline". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline
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#9Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
Probably because Mike Ives is submitting the report from Hong Kong. I guess he could have flown in and done the reporting on-site, but probably was able to get all the information via other means and it didn't require him to go on-site.
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#10“Can anyone seriously say that Vanuatu doesn’t have the right to exercise its health sovereignty in every way possible to protect its population from an epidemic of that scale?” I would usually say exactly that. It's up to individuals to make decisions about what they do and do not eat and live with the consequences. Foods that accurately state their nutritional content and contain only ingredients that can be safely…
I think it has to be filed under, "The constitution is not a suicide pact." No social construct, no system of laws and rights trumps the need to be alive to enjoy them. Given the scale of the problem, they were looking at a situation with an outcome grimmer than most wars. I agree with you, this is extraordinary and requires consummate measures.