It's interesting that the highest comment isn't really discussing the article but segues from a little aside at the end of it to debunk "Health At Every Size" -

It's interesting that the highest comment isn't really discussing the article but segues from a little aside at the end of it to debunk "Health At Every Size" - a notion that is not mentioned at all in the article! The bias against obese people that the article refers to is very, very real: It's all of the assumptions people make about obese people, e.g. it's all their fault, they are lazy, they are to blame, and so on. The information raised in this article is one way amongst many in which obesity is not as simple as that. In this case it rather reminds me of the meme where the older generation judges my generation as lazy because we rent instead of owning houses: as well as individual responsibility, it has gotten harder in real terms to earn enough to own a house. Likewise, someone eating the same things and exercising the same amount now, compared to 30 years ago, would be fatter. That's extremely interesting, and needs to be factored in to any efforts to fight the obesity crisis.