# Why so many different treatments for overweight/obesity?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-different-treatments-for-overweight-obesity/564071 "2010-12-14T02:20:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-different-treatments-for-overweight-obesity/564071/77 "2010-12-15T00:41:24Z")

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In the interest of fairness, **Wesley Clark** , I’d like to point out that your prescribed cure is overkill. You said,

> [@Secret Crushes Revealed! Volume III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-crushes-revealed-volume-iii/65840/9):
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> It is like if I said I’ve invented a cure for STDs and abortion. Just follow 3 rules.
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> Never have sex outside of marriage  
> Never have sex unless it is for for procreation  
> Never procreate unless you can handle being a parent

One need not have sex _only_ for procreation in order to avoid having abortions. One could just as well have sex without specifically intending to have children, while simultaneously being willing to accept the responsibilities of parenthood – or placing the child up for adoption, if necessary. I think it’s pretty clear that the prescribed cure stacks the deck against itself needlessly.

In contrast, it is NOT overkill to say that fat loss will require discipline, exercise, and caloric control. Is this ‘cure’ difficult? For many, it is… but that doesn’t make it overkill, nor does it make it unreasonable.

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