Who takes the blame for obesity?

In your opinion, who should be blamed for obesity in the US and why? Do you believe it is the fault of the individual people or the government?

The government, in no way, is responsible for obesity. Sometimes it isn't the fault of the individual. If you are fortunate and have good genes, you have no weight problem if you eat correctly and exercise moderately. Others inherit illnesses that require medications to control the illness that causes weight gain; Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, etc. Then there are the individuals that eat as others do but gain weight. These individuals need to "diet" just to maintain there weight. That is no fun! Please don't condemn all for obesity and have some compassion for those that certainly don't want to be obese but are fighting a up hill battle constantly.

i think that obesity is too widespread of a term, alot of people are naturally born pudgy-er and it is much harder to loose weight, so i think that in alot of cases, genetics is to blame.

I don't think it's right that if a person looks overweight and weighs more, and is physically active, is considered obese by BMI standards.

But also, alot of people are perfectly normal in genetics, and there I think it is obviously the individuals fault.

It is the government and the people's fault.
The government shouldn't let people buy the crap thats on grocery shelves. But it is the person's fault for buying it and continuing to buy it. Ofcourse you have the ones that have excuses. But you don't need excuses if you don't let yourself get grossly obese. And the market is a fat man's joy ride. You dont have to go to specialty stores anymore. They got your 1,000,000 size bretches in walmart, aisle 1. And for the normal people? You go to get a size 4 and you are surrounded by 16+. And then you have the ones in tight clothes with a kid on their hip... I'm just not gonna go there,

It is the fault of individual people. Each person makes a choice about what they want to put into their body. Even as a poor college student on a budget, I am able to eat healthy meals and stay fit. There is no excuse.

The really only person to blame is yourself (if you're over weight). The next cause is genetics and fast food places. Fast food places make it easier and unhealthier for us to choose food when we really need it.

ha! how could it possibly be the government's fault that someone is fat? its either the fault of the individual's genetics or the individual's choices, no one elses.

Individual people. Nobody forces you to stuff yourself like a turkey.