This is actually a highly valid point. If the answer is "yes" so what? If overweight individuals could be less overweight then don't you think they would be al

This is actually a highly valid point. If the answer is "yes" so what? If overweight individuals could be less overweight then don't you think they would be already? Kind of like asking a heroin addict "will using heroin hurt your career?" Yes? Oh well let me quit right this second then... Ditto smokers, alcoholics, other eating disorders, depression, mental illness, drug users, sex-addicts, internet-addicts, et al. I'm no expert on curing this stuff but I do know that shaming them or putting tons of pressure on them (quit or X Y Z will happen) is the opposite of progress.