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<DIV>RAF: Eating oneself into obesity is slowly becoming unacceptable, and dieting may <BR>hence become halakhicly obligatory for some.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>HB: Is one halachically required to take medicine? Similar question here; can one be obligated halachically to DO something (as opposed to being forbidden to do something) like excercise? or for instance to extricate oneself from a dangerous situation -- like a battlefield? Not discussed previously are coal-miner or other industrial jobs that can expose one to carcinogens, and percentage wise RLexpectancy? Are they considered socially acceptable?? </DIV>
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<DIV>Also, when would Shomer Petaim Hashem apply in these cases, a(nd when not)? HB</DIV></td></tr></table>