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Holy cow, Wake, they've been moving the goalposts for "Obesity" back further and further for the past 40 years, to the point where you've about got to be skin and bones and tendons to weigh in "normal for your height". Bodybuilders and other muscular athletes are often technically "obese" by government standards because the gov doesn't take into account different body types and levels of muscularity and so on.
I seriously doubt this "obesity crisis" is quite as bad as they make it sound.
Don't like obesity? Put down the doughnut and go take a walk.
Your neighbors' obesity is his problem.
Any effective system should consider the existence of bodybuilders, muscular people, etc. The rough idea of a system in my mind would be a bit more lax than the one I've heard of in Europe.
The article states that 2/3 of all American adults are obese. To deny that would be to say they're either lying or flat-out wrong. If they're wrong, logic dictates that it's shown exactly how it's wrong.
It's not just an individual problem. The whole group of obese people, through their obesity, undoubtedly develop a myriad of problems. Those problems require care, treatment, medicine, procedures X rays, etc. That costs money. A lot of money.
My neighbor's obesity becomes my problem when my taxes go up in paying for those costs. The notion of obesity is a problem to me when I see morally bankrupt corporations preying on our young, enticing them with cartoon ads for their ****** products.