Ok, but what now? There is no effective treatment or cure for obesity from public health point of view. That is, sufficiently low calorie intake will make you l

Ok, but what now? There is no effective treatment or cure for obesity from public health point of view. That is, sufficiently low calorie intake will make you lose weight. But, if your metabolic balance is out of whack, it will also leave you constantly hungry, lethargic, not able to enjoy one of the major life pleasures. To maintain that long term once has to essentially prioritize staying slim over all other life priorities. It's likely that prevention of obesity is achievable by changes is easily available food, walkable communities, regulation of problematic chemicals, childhood health education. And also that overtime medical treatments and food modifications will get better at counteracting preexisting obesity. But in the meantime, "go lose weight" may not be practical medical advice to an average individual. Eating healthier food and having a regular exercise regimen may well be, but losing lots of weight is not an expected outcome. People will still end up eating more of healthier food, or eating unhealthy food due to life circumstances, or getting too fatigued to exercise enough. At this point, "what else can we do to improve your health" because a relevant question. Fat acceptance? Bah. Just because I am overweight doesn't mean I like looking at fat models. We can admire the best of us while being realistic of what we are going to achieve ourselves. In some marginal way, watching models and athletes does motivate me to watch my food and workout. Just not enough to end up looking like them.