You know, what's interesting to me is how much people want to focus on treating the symptoms and ignoring the problem. It's a pretty stark contrast when compared with smoking, which causes a lot of the same cardiovascular issues as obesity. Knowing what we know today about tobacco, it'd be utterly bizarre to have smokers lounges at the hospital, to be able to smoke at work or at the grocery store, to be able to give cigarettes to kids etc. The message is pretty clear - if you're going to engage in behaviour that's harmful on both personal and societal level, you'll have to pay premium via taxes and you can't expect society to provide any sort of accommodation for that habit, other than assistance in quitting. Yet here we are, rascals at every fucking store, extra wide chairs at the office, construction-grade equipment at the hospital and disability check for those who gorged themselves to immobility. All of this while it's completely fine to stuff kids with enough shit to make them obese before they're even 10 and perpetuate the cycle.