I mean, it's in the Observations section of the magazine, like the opinions section of a newspaper. It's pretty clear to the casual observer that this is one person's opinion and not meant to be taken as the golden truth. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  And since this is such a topical subject, I can see why they'd want to throw in a differing opinion. Because it's not going to be backed up by any of the science articles they publish. It's going to stand out for being controversial. Maybe someone else will write an opinion piece bashing it. (we can hope)    And just to be clear, I think Linda Bacon and Amee Severson are both disgusting morons.  And to suggest that the social element to obesity is what's causing it is clearly circular reasoning.  But I can see how the magazine might want to stir up some shit by including them.  It allows for intellectual discussion when you bring in differing opinions. Better to then crush the opposition with. Social Justice has no place in science (except for "social science" <<< aka, not science)