[jstevens85]

>It's highly constructive when the prevailing mode of discussing the issue blames public policy and business practices, as this article does.

I've reread the article and I don't think that the author is blaming public policy. The article states some reasons why obesity may be more prevalent amongst poor communities, and also explains some proposed policies that may help to address the problem.

Really, there are two options here. One is to say "haha look at those stupid fat people" and watch the obesity rate climb. The second would be to realise that many of these people are on taxpayer funded Medicare, and then realise the logic of supporting cost-effective government policies that help reduce obesity and in turn the cost of government healthcare.

[yummyfajitas]

The second would be to realise that many of these people are on taxpayer funded Medicare, and then realise the logic of supporting cost-effective government policies that help reduce obesity and in turn the cost of government healthcare.

We could do is take away medicare and replace it with free gyms. That would probably make people healthier and save billions of dollars.

[Raphael]

We do have free gyms. It's called parks.