Well, I have a friend who I grew up with and who had every opportunity for good employment, but was just too lazy. He constantly wants to "borrow" money because the family he does not support cannot make it from pay day to pay day. His wife works. But he and his family are grossly obese. They eat from the "dollar menu" at Mickey Dees and other fast food joints. They are depressed because the "bum" Father will not get a job and makes every excuse to not work. The family just watches TV and or plays games all day. So there is no exercise either. So of lately this fellow was in the hospital for uncontrolled diabetes and almost died, yet this still is not enough motivation for him to change his lifestyle. Food to them is like a drug. They can eat healthier and the BS scoop that it cost too much to eat healthy is bogus. I can make a salad with greens and top it with Chicken, Tuna or Salmon and eat this for lunch every day at a cost of 3 dollars. You have to shop wisely and prepare food at home to do this. Exercise is cheap. How much does it cost to take an hour walk each evening? Or drink water instead of the 99 cent 2 litre bottles of soda. When I see "starving" obese people, I think that there were no fat people in the concentration camps. My Aunt is obese too and claims that she eats like a bird. My Father used to tell her, "Yeah, like a vulture!". Lifestyle changes do take self discipline but in the face of premature death due to obesity, why do people feel they do have some control in their life?
