As a culture we share blame in making it way to damn easy to eat billions of calories. Coca Cola has probably done more health damage that Big Tobacco.
As he drinks his Diet Coke he posts this, c’est la vie.
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease and prior to getting medication I had been gaining weight.
Although that's an actual medical condition so I guess it's an extreme case.
Then, well, something happened with my thyroid. Best guess is some kind of infection. I was already at a healthy weight, but lost 20 pounds over a few months. Tests showed my thyroid was producing WAY too much hormone and we were about to oblate it and put me on thyroid replacement hormone when the levels returned to normal on their own. Ever since then however I've struggled with my weight despite eating healthier than ever before. Unfortunately I never had cause to have my thyroid checked before this incident, so I have no way of knowing how my "normal" levels pre-infection compare to my new "normal" levels post infection.
Yes calories in vs calories out may be the literal physics of the situation, but the details of that equation can be very different for different people.
We can likely blame lobbyists for the tragedy that we'll never figure it out because of special interest money in keeping the "someone/something" in the dark.
But does it really make sense to say obesity is someone's 'fault'? Choices have consequences, but fault requires unambiguous harm.
And in general, society's attempt to make things "no fault" seem to always result in more of whatever it is, not less.
Would I love to blame my body fat on anything else? Sure! But in the end it's down to me. Maybe it's harder for me or easier for me, but it's still me.