Could also be the enshittification of our food including:

• Demonization of “fat” in foods leading to “fat free” foods being considered healthy when fats are actually good and necessary in the diet which leads to over consumption. (Don’t get me started on the sugar and corn lobby)

• Hyper processed food removing micronutrients necessary for our brains to tell us we’re full.

• Hyper processed foods being cheaper than whole foods

• Food deserts making fast food and convenience store food the only easily accessible food in many areas.

• The lack of knowledge/skills with respect to home cooking and the deemphasis of “home economics” type knowledge in general…

• The lack of free time required to both cook and pass on those skills

• The growing understanding of how perfluorinated materials (PFA, PFOA, PTFE) fuck with our body chemistry including contributing to obesity. Don’t get me started on how much companies like DuPont hid and lied about that stuff (and still are)

• There’s more but I hope you get the point

Basically what I’m saying is people were fat before “fat shaming” was looked down upon and late stage capitalism is frequently pulling the levers behind the curtain in many areas including this. The US has abundant wealth but that hasnt specifically translated to better health outcomes. And do you really think middle schoolers have evolved to the point where they don’t bully fat kids? There are very few obese people (both children and adults) out there who don’t feel shitty about how they look regardless of who tells them they should feel that way.

The point of trying to inhibit fat shaming and bullying of all kinds is so people don’t become reclusive and anti-social, pick up bad habits (such as drug addiction), kill themselves, decide to kill others in mass shootings and the like. Also, just don’t be a cunt and make fun of people.