So would fat kids be picked on less if Wall E never existed?

Maybe in line with this article you could write the flipside titled, "The Seriousness of Starvation: How Charlie Chaplin's Gold Rush and The Kid Send the Wrong Message about Poverty and Welfare."

The most glaring incongruity with Wall E is that, thanks to our society's shallow-yet-scientifically-luc­rative priorities, the cure for obesity and weight gain will be discovered far before intergalactic space travel or AI.

Finally, obesity will be forever looked down upon until we are ready to give up on the notion of free will- I'm not ready.