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(3) Also no crowding-out effect detectable in the empirical literature on travel decisions - people do not substitute routine commuting time and dance lessons or dog walking! And no, travelling to the gym/football training by car is a negligible share of total urban car journeys.

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(4) Is this paternalism? Sidestepping grand debates on welfare criteria, the implications for financing the huge costs for treating diabetes etc. matter. Freedom of choice not to exercise would imply that individuals have to pay the costs for their health problems themselves...

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