They could get on a treadmill for an hour every day, or taking a walk around the block, and cut down on the quantities and calories they eat. They could take personal accountability, and take it upon themselves to fix their own mistakes. But that's too hard, so money that could go to underfunded medical centers, and police departments, fixing up run down neighborhoods, fixing up schools, expanding colleges, helping small business owners, or hell, it could even just not be spent, and go towards or multi-trillion dollar deficit. But no, instead we get news reports that are supposed to make us feel sad enough to give them a pat on the back, and a free ride at the expense of people who need the medical care a hell of a lot more than they do. People with real disabilities, such as missing limbs, MS, leukemia, Parkinson's, etc. I have no sympathy for the obese, not one tiny fraction of a bit.