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 shop