It's much more harmful to obsess over the optics of something potentially offensive at the expense of reality. None of the excuses you listed hold any ground.

It's much more harmful to obsess over the optics of something potentially offensive at the expense of reality. None of the excuses you listed hold any ground. Time: it costs about 20 minutes to cook a simple, basic fresh meal. With a single weekly groceries delivery (or visit to the store), you're covered for some 5-6 main meals as well as breakfast and lunch. Are you telling me Americans don't have 20 minutes to prepare a meal yet do have that time, or more, to eat out? I've been home cooking 6 days a week for 2 decades. It costs LESS time, not more. The average American watches over 3 hours of TV, or TV-like experiences in their leisure time, but they don't have 20 mins to cook a meal? I guess they all get home from work and fall asleep? Costs: Rice, potatos, bread, vegetables and lean meats...please do the math for me how this is unaffordable? They are incredibly cheap commodities. "Most people in the US live in poverty". Now they do not. The US is in the top 5 of median incomes worldwide, one of the richest countries in the world. If you dismiss Luxembourg and UAE, the USA is in the top 3. It's not a monetary issue. Further, 12 hour work days are an anomaly, not a standard. And even 12 hours is not an excuse. Exercise isn't the core of the issue, junk food is. Time needed to educate on nutrition: your parents or school should have done that, but here goes: don't eat garbage. Cut down on fats, sugars. Education completed. But it's not an educational issue as the person sitting in McDonalds knows exactly what's up. It most definitely is a willpower issue as every other excuse does not hold ground. People in other countries have less time and less money, and still don't have this issue at this scale. Please know that this is a not a burn at obese people, I fully sympathize with the difficulty of lifestyle changes, even more so in a culture like the US where the environment seems stacked up against healthy eating. But we need to attempt to come to real and realistic root causes, and time and money are not the core issues. It creates this illusion that if only economic conditions would improve, we'd all be eating healthier, which is false. The issue is cultural.