I live in lala land. Obese children are rare, however overweight is 11% and declining from 15% post covid.
The school where my kids go to has zero obese and zero overweight kids (n = 300).
We have Starbucks, McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts and the same brands like Heinz and Coca Cola. Pizza.
So, I am optimistic willpower can prevent us from a new Ozempic disorder. I suggest to go for willpower and not pills. If willpowers falls short, in my country when a child becomes obese, child welfare steps in. So let the government intervene (yep, you will lose your parental power) with a lifestyle program.
Isn't that already the case. I'm of belief, the failing isn't individual but societal. You have obese toddlers and wild animals in the US.
I don't think this is a failure of willpower, it's a failure to investigate the actual causes of the obesity epidemic. Maybe it's sugar, perhaps it's highly processed oils, etc. Whatever it is, people aren't investigating it thoroughly enough.