Fat people are to blame for America's obesity epidemic. If fat people stopped being fat, then we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic. ;)

There are so many ways you can blame fatness on everyone except the fat person.

segways

video games

the internet

vending machines

drive-thru

remote controls

but guess what. if that fat ass didn't use that at all, he wouldn't have a problem. The fact is, it's the fat ass's fault, not some random guy who came up with something everyone enjoys (i know plenty of non-fatties who use these things as well, including fast food).

This is more bullshit on trying to strike down on individualism. a way of life that has made civilization progress so much. it seems that more and more people find it alright for dipshits to blame everyone else for their dipshittery.

Even though I think that fast food companies could do more to combat the issue i don't think they are truly at fault. The real problem I think is American society along with the public that has created this epidemic. We are a fast paced society that can't stop to wait. We also love meat and expect if to be part of every meal. The costs are low because of several reasons but also because the government subsidizes a lot of the meat production process making it ridiculously cheap to purchase and still allow the fast food companies to make a profit. Government doesn't help subsidizes as greatly if at all the creation of healthier foods and thus they cost more.

Another problem is of course the public, not only those who are obese but those who aren't. They don't really care. The obese people, while some do have legitimate health issues, often aren't willing to go all the way to get healthier. They look for that easy weight loss diet, pill, meditation, what ever. Its going to take a lot of work, both diet wise and exercise wise to get healthier, don't one won't solve the problem. Also the people who aren't obese often just blame the problem on the obese people for being lazy and don't care to actually help.

It really goes back to society, we are told that there are shortcuts to everything(get rich, get muscular, lose weight etc...) and also that we should see life only as a individualistic competition amongst everyone else and thus it isn't proper to care to help others to better society as a whole.

No one is to blame but the fat slobs themselves. They go to the fast food store, they take the money out of their pockets, purchase the food, and put the food in their mouth. They shouldn't blame anyone but their own self and I can't stand people who feel sorry for them.

definetly the american public. we choose to eat the foods. were just too lazy to take the resposibility for it

Initially it's the parents who shoulder the blame but don't want to hear anything about it. When their children get older it's the same but now they feed themselves and are never stopped. They already have an eating disorder and it carries into adulthood when, then, they have things to blame! Even though I understand that a child can over-eat because they feel this or that...when they're older and have been made fun of by the class meanies they eat more to stop the hurt. When they finally reach the age of responsibility for their own eating habits they find they cannot stop. Yes, they feel this and that and that's why they need all the psychological help they can get.

You know, I just can't imagine an educated doctor talking to an obese patiant and saying:

"Hey, you need to lose weight, so we need to find a way to stop these evil fast food corporations, they are making you fat".

Everyone should worrie about their own health.

And parents should worrie about their kids health, and mainly what they are eating.

Blame whoever you want, but when it comes right down to it, you're the one shovin' the shit down your gob.

Now 'scuse me, I got a date with a carrot.

The individuals are ultimately to blame. It's not about cost. You can get food from the grocery store for way cheaper than a McDonald's meal (rice, beans, apples, carrots, etc.). People who constantly eat fast food do it because they're stupid or irresponsible.

That said, telling people not to be stupid or lazy just isn't going to work. You can try and educate people, but at the end of the day there's just no way to knock the stupid out of someone.

Doing nothing is not the answer either. Growing numbers of fat people are weighing down our health care system.

I think the answer lies in the soft paternalism of the Obama administration. We should not ban fast food or punish the companies or the consumers, but should instead pass legislation that guides people away from it. A small tax on foods with excessive amounts of fat, for example, would be a good idea. Requiring companies to display easy to understand nutritional information might also help. Stuff like that.

I am fat. i choose to eat crap. i choose to not exercise and sit on my ass.

how ever it is not truly an epidemic as it is not a disease nor do i think it is unexpected given the way many Americans choose to live.

I really do think it's mainly the individuals fault. And at least the people they grew up around. When you're 14 years old, you don't technically have enough knowledge to know how food works, what it does to us, nor can you even afford to choose it yourself... your parents take care of it all (except when you sneak the twinkies at school). If you're growing up in an obese household, there's usually two flaws going on: your family is eating junk food and feeding it to you, or, your family is so obsessed with how they look and they resent it so much that they make you eat certain foods and talk to you in certain ways, that disrupts your attitude towards food. The latter tends to be why many girls grow up with eating disorders... it started as a psychological problem from extremely low self-esteem and bad role modeling. The problem with how we grow up is that the things we learn and observed become our way of life because we were in a critical development stage. Typically, once you're 18, everything becomes fully your choice, but it's hard to bust out of old habits and it takes tons of willpower to do so to develop a different lifestyle for your personal satisfaction.

Overall though, I can't say it's all fully dependent on eating junk food because I grew up eating that junk myself and have never been overweight. It also comes down to understanding your limits and not abusing them. You can seriously eat a McDonalds burger once a day and never get overweight (but you'd probably destroy your colon, amongst other things), if you understand the calorie factor. It's definitely not the fast food chains faults... they're merely making good business because of people's ignorance and they get an advantage out of it (money!). Of course, if fast food really cared, they could shut themselves down (but what business would do that?) or they could totally switch up their menu. But it's not their job. As humans, we have choices, and most people are just making the wrong ones.

It's the public's fault. McDonald's has nutrition facts on their website, and on the boxes of food. If you know how to read, you know what you're getting. Also, obese and overweight people need to get some exercise! That's why they're not losing weight, they keep gorging and don't exercise. Heck, you could gorge fruit and not exercise and still get fat.

I CANNOT believe this argument is this close. "The American Public" should have WAY more support than blaming fast food restaurants. And I don't wanna hear about how we are being fooled by the FDA, or the restaurants, etc. If you did a nation-wide poll, asking people "do you think McDonalds greasy hamburgers, fries, and shakes are good for you", how many people would say yes? Probably the same percentage of retards we have in this Country. So people KNOW it's not healthy, but we CHOSE to eat it anyway. The fast food chains provide a service; we are free to chose which services to buy from. And the argument about how people can't afford anything other than McDonalds? That doesn't hold any water either, because as cheap as Mcdonalds may be, it's still more expensive than buying your own groceries and eating at home.

Now, I'm an overweight American. I'm 5'7, 220 lbs. I'm a chubby guy. And you know who's fault it is? It's MY FATASS fault. Not McDonalds, not Pizza Hut, not George Bush, not Obama, not Taco Bell, not the terrorist, not my parents for not giving me enough hugs, etc..... It's MINE. We need to STOP blaming other people for our own problems in this Country!

why should i write an argument?

AMERICANS ARE TO BLAME FOR WHAT THEY EAT.

period.

Problem: "Fast-Food chains serve fatty food of questionable nutritional value, which American people are evidently fond of eating".

Solution: "Do not eat the fatty food of questionable nutritional value".

If a man is fat because he eats too much then it behoves him to eat less, not for the restaurant to serve him less.

Many things are to blame

1.Fast Food

2.Video Games

3. Computer

4.Drive Thru's

but it is the person's choice to not do anything, and stop what their doing and get fit and healthy. All I hear is big people blaming on fast food and electronics for making them look like they do now. We do have choices, the food and electronics don't talk to us to keep what we are doing, (if they are stop taking or drinking what ever it is you're drinking or taking).It is the fast food resturants fault, at least put the Nutritional Facts.

My parents are overweight and it kills me to see my parents continue to eat horribly.

Why does someone always have to be "to blame" for some made up crisis?

Obesity could drop 50% in 11 straight years then go up 1% and the sky is falling with a rise in obesity.

I cannot understand where in the world somebody would get the notion that the fast food companies, the advertising companies, or anybody but themselves are at fault for their weight problems. What happened to personal responsibility, can't you people take care of yourselves??? Or do you need to go back to first grade and learn how to eat healthy again?

The very least you could do to improve your health is get some exercise and stop being lazy! Every day I wake up at 0600 to do an eight mile run. Then I come home and continue another exercise routine. Afterwords, then I relax a bit... eat breakfast and enjoy the remainder of my morning before going to work. No matter how much I eat (Currently as much as five grown men) I have not gained a pound of solid fat.

America is becoming extremely obese and unless the people in this world are not going to get up off the couch and have some self responsibility for their own weight, after long the human race will not pass by a predicted apocalypse or by nuclear war, it will end in clogged arteries...