"It's my metabolism!"

Things like this make me angry:

Individuals can no longer be held responsible for obesity and government must act to stop Britain "sleepwalking" into a crisis, a report has concluded.

YES YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! If you are fat, it is - with extremely few exceptions - your fault. It means you eat too much, or eat badly, or don't exercise enough, or some combination of the above. Some people might gain weight from medications they take (most of which are probably not necessary anyway), but no one gets obese from anything but their own idiocy.

Know how you stop being a disgusting bucket of useless lard? Get up off your oversize bottom, do some exercise, eat a salad instead of three Big Macs. You'll feel better for it, plus you eventually won't be one of those assholes who takes up more than one seat on public transportation.

The actual article goes on to say that obesity is an "inevitable" by-product of our modern culture. It does not explain why, you know, a lot of people aren't fat. Because that would require acknowledging personal responsibility, I guess.