that you're lazy, that you eat too much, that you've done this to yourself, that it's a choice. and ijust want to scream and say, "none of those things are right." scientists now know that genetics play an important part in obesity. love your oranges, don't you? some of us are hard—wired to put on excess fat. it�*s almost impossible to fight. this isn't because i don't have willpower. there's so much more at play here. for me, that was the biggest relief, light bulb moment, because, finally, i could stop blaming me. if genetics are one accepted cause of obesity, our changing food environment is another. got a banger place, we�*ve got a fish shop, we�*ve got a kebab place. in jed�*s neighbourhood... there�*s no fruit shops around here, there�*s no butchers. ..high—calorie, fast food can be tasty, easy, plentiful and cheap. if you look at poor economic areas like here, you don�*t need to kick areas like this down, you need to lift them up. we had to sign a petition last week for one of these shops here, this one literally next