It can be an issue of mental illness, and before we yell at them to stop eating, we should check and see if we've lost our empathy somewhere along the way.

I know someone whose mother was sexually abused by her father as a child. That trauma manifested as a will to be as undesirable as possible, and resulted in morbid obesity. Yes, she could lose the weight if she counted her calories, but there is a larger issue that is not as easily tackled.

There are totally asshole fat people. No one is denying that, and they usually end up on TLC. But those examples of lazy entitlement do not speak for a larger population of people who struggle with weight.

There is also an issue of food deserts - areas where, "instead of supermarkets and grocery stores, these communities may have no food access or are served only by fast food restaurants and convenience stores that offer few healthy, affordable food options." (Agricultural Marketing Service - Creating Access to Healthy, Affordable Food)

Yes, the lower class could live off dried beans for cheap - if they could get to a grocery store.

I agree that obesity is becoming an issue in the western nations, and almost everyone could stand more physical activity than what they get. I don't think that the solution is YouTube rants.

Sure, we want people to be healthy. But shaming and ridiculing them doesn't work, with very few exceptions. The ones who are suffering from depression/trauma will be worse off for it. The poor can't do anything about it anyway - you wanna drive them to the store, then? The ones who feel there is nothing wrong with their weight will ignore you. The ones who have already started to change their habits toward a healthier lifestyle will doubt their efforts and think "maybe I AM a piece of shit fat person" and may give up, in order to avoid more ridicule.

Most of us are doing the best we can.