Only 4% of dieters will ever lose weight. This article from the wonderful Spiked gives the grim statistics.
This is really very worrying. Fat people, in general, certainly don't seem to me any stupider, less motivated, or in any way morally inferior to thin people. It is clear that having less food to eat makes you thin. I was struck by the fact that older people in China were universally thin, although there was evidence of increasing podginess amongst a proportion of the youth. How can it be that fat people don't recognise this and act on it? It all seems very odd.
Personally speaking, I am always hungry, and am always helping myself to unhealthy snacks. By sheer (genetic?) luck, I haven't gained any weight in decades. Moreover, I am a slothful, individual with an entirely sedentary job.
