Yikes. How sad.<p>Would be nice, for those who are overweight as well as those who suffer from the externalities of those who are overweight, for Governments to treat overeating&#x2F;junk food like it does smoking and drinking - an addiction that should be discouraged through education and disincentives (tax etc.). Some do but it&#x27;s obviously not effective.<p>Then there&#x27;s the popular cultural angle. We disparage magazines, fashion Houses and websites that present clinically underweight models as the standard, the same should be applied for the clinically overweight.