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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I realized that I phrased my point very poorly. I didn't mean that people don't do sports, eat healthy, and live fulfilling lives. They sure do. What I meant was that people (like when you ask them personally or in a survey) tend to exaggerate their healthy/good habits and downplay the bad ones. So it's good to take self-reports with a grain of salt. It's a well known kind of bias (social desirability).