Should we really be encouraging people to be fat?
Why do you care what other people put in their own bodies?
Why do you want to encourage other people to live unhealthy lifestyles resulting in an early death?
I don't encourage or discourage. I, frankly, don't give a shit... and if and "unhealthy" lifestyle results in a happier person, then perhaps unhealthy is ultimately healthier... or at least resulting in a better life.
Who cares. If a person eats to excess, it's his/her deal. Who are you or anybody else to judge. Frankly, i'd be more worried about the people running around like headless chickens worried to death that they didn't count the carbs/calories/latestfad in the ritz cracker they just ate... but then again, if they want to live a worry filled miserable life, that's their deal.
Only in America can you make up a problem to sell a solution to masses of hapless boobs, hooked on the TV image of "this is what you should be". Fucking sheep. Diet this diet that... in europe they don't' have the obsession and guess what... as a result.. there are less fat people. Yes, I would argue that America's obsession with dieting actually
causes people to gain weight.
Similar to how I would argue that drug prohibition makes drugs more "taboo" and thus more desirable, food deemed to be "sinful" (and is often
advertised as such) sells better. Advertisers would not label their food "guilty pleasures" or "sinful" if this was a deterrent. They know full well taboo sells. Diet craze makes food taboo. Americans are thus kept in a constant flux of "don't' do this!... unless you want to sin because it's sinful and thus soooo good". And when they get fat, they get sold a ridiculous, latest craze, Hollywood diet which doesn't work, but makes people feel helpless to the point where people go to OA meetings and declare themselves powerless over food (thereby adding more learned helplessness to the mix)... and they end up stuffing their faces even more after that. Yes, there is a lot that's amiss in American society in regards to eating, but blaming those who eat too much is missing out on the bigger picture...
All that being said, it's still a choice... and if sinful pleasures make people feel good, and they want to do it, and it's not harming anybody... let them! If you want to help, focus on how marketing drives people to do things and show people how they are being manipulated.