BROKEN SCALES: OBESITY AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA

Hanson et al discuss the scales used to assess causation of obesity and assign responsibility--including scales of justice. They assert that obesity is only a symptom of the problem and the real problem is the people's difficulty in seeing and understanding the role of unseen features in the environment and within them and too readily attribute responsibility and causation to the more obvious personal choices of the obese. The reason why people often attribute behavior to personal choice and how people think are examined.