>>9426382because people don't like being told "here's you and how you can become better," they like to be told "here's you and it's okay," someone selling something wants people to like what they make and people like consolation rather than criticism, so media slants towards feel-good tactics, especially as fatness becomes more common (especially in the US, by God it's past 2/3rds of the population now). in an anime they'd put off the fat otaku from the show if they criticized it too much
even in something like NHK which prods a certain kind of lifestyle and mentality it had to do so with a more delicate touch (for example they don't make the MC a fatass, they make him appear normal) so people didn't feel offended
