Yes. Because this is a false dichotomy. The latter does not depend upon the former. I can say that with certainty because I received the message growing up in a country with a cycling proficiency programme in schools instead of mandatory helmet laws.

Everyone should wear a helmet when riding, but criminalising noncompliance is an inefficient, reductive, expensive, heavy-handed, unnecessarily punitive, and ultimately counter-productive approach to achieving it.

So is controlling what and how much people can eat to prevent or reduce obesity.

From now on, you are only allowed to eat broccoli (I actually love broccoli) to ensure you will not be a burden on the public health system.