On the whole carrot and stick approach as far as active transport goes. It amazes me the number of people who drive their kids to primary school when they live less than 3km from it.

I wish their was a feasible way to ban child squisher mobiles from within 500m of primary schools. The biggest safety risk kids face on the footpath is being flattened by some fuck wit who thinks their jacked up, bull barred, emission control deleted, selfishcuntmobile is appropriate in urban areas.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What freaks me out is when I see random clips in the street from the past:

"Whoa! Everyone is skinny!"

Maybe....?

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

"The truth will surprise you" - proceeds to list exactly what I'd guess, and what I'd guess other people would guess. (Less sugar, less processed food, less advertising, more active daily lives, less reliance on 'convenience', ...)

It's a decent video, but it is not at all 'surprising'. I'm sick of that hook.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The media need to stop pushing “fat acceptance” and the idea that being obese is healthy too, for a start. Being fat is never healthy, and is one of the biggest drains on our health system.

There’s also the cost of living which basically means eating healthily is becoming more and more out of reach for a large portion of the population. Physical activity without healthy eating is basically pointless.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

Healthy eating is very cheap. You can do a few dollars a meal for veggies and legumes or beans and rice.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 10 hours ago

They could always bring back the Life Be In It campaign, telling people to get off the couch and do a sport of some sort.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 25 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Redirect road funds to walking and cycling

Now with the fuel crisis is the perfect time to embrace cycling infrastructure. I mean 20 years ago was also the perfect time.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 7 hours ago

Unfortunately infrastructure around transportation isn’t always possible to majorly change, at least not realistically given how incompetent and corrupt our governments are.

Take Brisbane for example it’s an absolute mess that looks like it has zero forward thinking or planning. Without levelling the whole city there’s not much that can be done to fix it.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 points 19 hours ago

I mean 20 years ago was also the perfect time.

As they say, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 15 points 21 hours ago

Couldn't agree more with making our streets more walkable and cyclable and I'd add promoting people-powered native tree and shrub planting and community garden projects in suburbs and surrounds and creating more small green spaces for people to enjoy and rest in.