[exfatloss]

> The three-day meeting was infused with an implicit understanding of what obesity is not: a personal failing.

This weird push that "it's not a moral personal failing" is so strange. Is anybody serious claiming it is? Sure, your weird uncle might.

But I'd hope the actual scientists would focus on finding the causes instead of whatever this is.

[throwawaysleep]

> Is anybody serious claiming it is?

Most Americans.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/health/americans-obesity-...

[exfatloss]

Ha, ok. On the other hand I'd argue "evidence it's genetic" is also clearly false.

There are certainly genetic factors that make some people vulnerable but our genetics haven't changed that much in the last 30 years. Obesity has.

The combination of genetics with our lifestyle and dietary context is where it's at IMO.

[sp332]

Because on a policy level, it's often treated that way.

[exfatloss]

Do you have an example? Besides banning big gulps and ineffectual ad campaigns I don't recall much policy on the topic.