I can't find it now but there's a study posted here a while back that concluded that by dying earlier, obeasts reduce the costs of future Medicare and Social Security payments, so I can see where the government and/or "the one percent" would be cool with the majority of dumb fucks eating themselves to early graves, and yes -- fats are by far dumb as fuck and easily led by the nose politically and otherwise.  So they are indeed easy to rule over.