[quote=briansd1]Since we know that obesity is an enormous problem, why don’t we do something about it? [/quote]

Because we don’t really know what to do about it. Risk factors of obesity are poorly understood and controversial, and, once you get obese, there’s no going back, because diets overwhelmingly fail. Largest proven factors include being black/hispanic and having too little physical activity. I don’t see how we can do anything about these two.

Maybe we can get FDA to loosen its standards on weight-loss pills. It seems that whenever a weight-loss pill appears on the market that actually works, FDA comes out and bans it.