Of course it is, and I used to basically 100% agree with you but i've changed my mind over the years. It's so wildly asymmetric that I don't think this is a useful framing anymore.

what i mean is, on one side you have huge teams of absolutely brilliant well-resourced food scientists A/B testing their products to maximize addictiveness and other related metrics. On the other side you have a stressed out parent tired from a full day of work just trying to quickly get some food for their family.

This isn't fair! It should make you angry when you see regular people who are probably a lot more like you than you think being preyed on by others

Because it isn't, so oh well.

I'm continually frustrated with the four thousand year old history of people being surprised that other people "don't just ${something good for you} and don't just stop ${something bad for you}." Great, we've tried the "Acting surprised people do unhealthy or bad things" strategy and the "scolding people for doing unhealthy things" strategy for a couple millennia and people still do the things.

Will we continue this strategy or will we try something else now?

youre distant ancestors chased every meal they ate. your more recent centuries old ancestors probably worked 6.5 day weeks, 12 hour shifts, and had to have all the children working as well, for a pittance. YOU on the other hand have no problem finding any kind of out-of-season food and probably drive everywhere, barely lifting a finger in comparison. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.

Why were there no obese (poor) people 100 years ago?

they didn't have ultra processed foods 100 years ago!

Of course it is an option - I lost 100 lbs this way, and kept it off more than 5 yeads. As you know, that's very, very hard.

But I think these drugs are awesome. I have family members who are obese and don't seem to have whatever I have that allowed me to lose weight the old-fashioned way. I hope they'll be able to lose weight safety with the drugs.

I've worked out my entire life. Always one of the strongest people in the gym. Almost always overweight. Not obese but overweight. Once I had kids I really packed on the pounds. In January I got on GLP1s and over 4 months dropped from 6'1 at 240lbs to 209lbs. I'm 46 years old with defined abs and a bench of over 405lbs. My BP has gone down and I am in a healthy range for the first time in 20+ years. My cholesterol is perfect now. I feel 20 years younger. I stopped snoring for the first time in 2 decades. My wife sleeps like a baby now which is probably the most important change. I wake up and jump out of bed fully energized and rested for the first time in decades.

Sometimes people just need a helping hand. There is no shame in that.

It appears your issue is that you just don't think its fair and that people should have to take the long way. I would argue that's a you issue and not an us one.

Exercise is undoubtedly good and has many benefits. Unfortunately it's not a realistic way to lose weight for most people.

Our bodies are just too efficient. We can't "outrun the fork" (unless it's our full-time job). We must modify our diet. Which is not easy for many reasons.