In the sixties, birth control was becoming widely available and drug companies were able for the first time ever quantify how much a person on a monthly medication was worth. 
A sick person is a valuable commodity. 
An obese child is worth literal millions over the course of their lifetime.

Perverse incentives get perverse outcomes.
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 now your talking my language Telluride    thank you! 

 And if pharmaceuticals can’t treat them they just get the government agencies to move the goal posts… https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item/9281-103-million-people-classified-as-having-high-blood-pressure-under-new-guideline 

 There’s a pill for that!!! 

 Oh and your weight is not your fault!