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Erm...not really. I mean yes, choice/lifestyle certainly play a role, but there's lots of other factors to consider.
Socioeconomic, for one. If the person is poor and works long hours (or two jobs), then there's a good chance they'll be overweight. Why? Their jobs leave them little time to exercise, and because they're poor, they can't buy healthy food. Seriously, junk food with "empty calories" is way cheaper than healthy food.
Another factor is how they were raised. If parents raise a child to be fat, and then that kid becomes a teenager, he's not nearly as much to blame as someone who became an adult. It's way harder to lose weight if you started out fat as a kid and went through puberty fat. Especially if you're a girl, because then you have the whole droopy tits conundrum. And that's another thing. For many people, they don't know which is worse. Being overweight/obese, or having loose folds of skin hanging everywhere, so a lot of people are scared to even try.
Then of course there's bad information. Conventional weight loss "wisdom" isn't really that great, so if someone's going by what they see on TV, it might prove counterproductive.
Oh, and also, depression and other medical problems. Overweight people are often depressed, and depressed people have a really hard time getting motivated. Also, if you're a fatass and thus have a weak heart, obviously exercise will be more difficult for you.
tl;dr, obesity is like a pit of molasses that is almost impossible to crawl out of.
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