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You can make the point that obesity is correlated with the lack of healthy options. If you live in a poor area where you have to drive to get around safely and only fast food options you are probably going to become fat.

many people don’t have time to cook the majority of their meals or exercise due to demanding work conditions

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Whole Foods opened a store in a food desert believing they would provide good food to the poor in that area.

They found that the people shopping there preferred junk food, like they were used to.

It is more than lack of healthy options.

https://www.newsweek.com/whole-foods-american-obesity-153427...

McDonalds forces them to get a soda and fries?

They’re not forced it’s more like they are habituated to it. Just like every smoker knows cigarettes are bad for them, every fat person knows a soda and fries are bad for them. But it’s a temporary escape from the rest of their problems so they succumb to it more easily than people who are better at delaying gratification.

Many places justify a “sugar tax” on certain fast food items like large sodas, to disincentive those purchases. that combined with cheap available healthy options may remedy the obesity epidemic somewhat. It’s tough to justify what’s healthy/unhealthy food, though, especially because portion size is hugely important.

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