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> Many obese people take cruises--it fits their lifestyles (unlimited food availability, and they don't have to move much).

Do you have actual data on that or is this just your prejudice speaking?

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Anecdata: I've taken three cruises over the last twenty years, and the obesity rate on those was an order of magnitude higher than what I see in my everyday life as a coastal yuppie -- the only other place I've seen that many people who are that fat was at Disney in Orlando. But America as a whole has a way higher obesity rate than what I see normally, so cruises might just be representative of the country in general.

There have been some reports of the obese prefering cruise vacations because they can't fit on airplanes:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6661381/ns/health-fitness/t/obese-...

and

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/cruise/1263369/coronavirus-...

and

https://www.bariquins.com/newsletter/2016/august/03/cruising...

Perhaps you should examine your own "prejudice" before pointing fingers at objective, informed people stating facts.

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