&gt; This is a great analogy. &quot;It&#x27;s your fault&quot; is not a public health policy, it&#x27;s a cop-out.<p>A cop-out from what, exactly? Does society have a responsibility to make everyone thin?<p>Even if you say it does, how would you propose it goes about doing that? There&#x27;s no scalable, organizable effort you can take that will make fat people thin.<p>If you say we have to throw more money at research, I say, sure, we should! Along with every other worthy cause. Where we&#x27;re going to get the money, I&#x27;ve no idea. If you do, that&#x27;s a completely different kind of argument.