&gt; In the 19th century, when painkillers first started becoming available, physicians would refuse to give them to woman in childbirth, because the Bible says childbirth is supposed to be painful. Women had sinned, therefore they must suffer.<p>This is a great analogy. &quot;It&#x27;s your fault&quot; is not a public health policy, it&#x27;s a cop-out. And it doesn&#x27;t even make sense. Obesity is rising dramatically in developed countries. Is the current generation just morally inferior to the ones that came before?<p>Obesity is peoples&#x27; fault in the same way car accidents are. That doesn&#x27;t mean the proper response is to simply blame people, instead of using science to devise solutions.