Are fat people (generally) to blame for being fat?

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Placing blame never works out. But there is responsibility to be taken by a number of parties that don't seem interested in taking any. The mentally shallow argument that people themselves are ultimately the only ones to blame is ridiculous. In a society, many of our decisions are left to be made by the recommendation of someone's word we trust on the matter because we're all soooo busy with such important things. Unfortunately this country has a massively misguided system of trust based on corporate marketing schemes. Our collective unawareness of being manipulated greatly from all angles. Plus, the preferential treatment that gives unhealthy food an unfair price advantage makes things even more difficult for people. So yes, people should be responsible for what they put in their bodies, but we're being delusional if we think that's where the problem starts and ends.