You're making the same mistaken assumption everyone else makes-- obese people are obese because they're lazy/unmotivated, as if there is only one reason this ha

You're making the same mistaken assumption everyone else makes-- obese people are obese because they're lazy/unmotivated, as if there is only one reason this happens to them. It's Boomer logic, and should be dismissed since they clearly failed to solve this problem themselves. There are many different reasons for obesity and sending everyone to fat camp won't solve anything. Group 1 are the lazy people. Obesity is a behavioral issue for them. They eat because they overate for some time, and they are now prone to hunger because of it. Lifestyle changes do help this group-- the stomach contracts and they start to subsist off of smaller portions because they're not filling an enlarged vessel. FWIW, my own doctor recommends drinking water as a replacement for food, to satiate the oral fixation of eating. It fills the stomach just the same and you go through the same motions. Group 2 are the people who overeat because of some dopamine deficiency. We look at what they consume, horrified-- carbs, fats, sodium, sugar. Think about it: these are all party foods. Parties are where people have fun, and fun makes us happy. This leads to a deadly spiral of eating increasing amounts of unhealthy food that elicits positive feelings and discourages you from ever leaving your bedroom. Lifestyle changes could help this group, but the underlying issue needs to be addressed. Diet/exercise/sleep doesn't relieve you of your loneliness or struggles to pay the rent. Group 3 is genetic predisposition; some people just retain water/fat/etc. more than others. Exercise as a first step does not help, and stresses their taxed cardiovascular system. Diet is not a factor. These people need to be on medications like spironolactone and ozempic, not treadmills-- the latter will kill them. These are just the cliques I've identified by association; I'm not a doctor, but I play one well enough to know the problem isn't as simple as you make it out to be.