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No, I think this is right on target, and it reminds me of Yvain's post on "disease".
Cataloging a particular behavior as a pathology leads to "hidden inferences", and no amount of new data can lead to correct conclusions without first challenging those among such hidden inferences which happen to be false. We could ask, "what data are we failing to collect on causes of obesity owing to our prevailing model of obesity"?
We could also ask "what data are we failing to collect about the risks of intentional weight loss because of our prevailing model of obesity?".