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I wasn't assuming that.
You're hyper focusing on one detail and missing the forest for the trees.
Premise 1: The vast majority of people eat meat
Premise 2: The majority of people are overweight
Conclusion: A very large portion of the population can stand to eat less meat.
Add in that some meat (beef) is a lot more caloric than anything green, and the likelihood of an overweight person being a vegan is quite small (which doesn't mean there aren't cases of it), and so the number of people who can stand to eat less meat also grows higher.
I'm not trying to shame people for being overweight, I struggled with it for a long time myself, I'm simply pointing out that the majority of people can definitely afford - both money and health wise - to eat less meat than they do.
You say he was missing the forest for the trees and then completely fall into correlation = causation. The beef patty is not what makes people fat. It's actually one of the healthiest parts of the burger. If people just ate the patty from a big mack and not the sugar saturated buns and sauces, and the fries and sodas, it would not be an issue. Veganism is not going to solve the fundamental issues with fast food. Most of the items that really build up the calorie count with little nourishment are the vegan items that come with a fast food meal. That's not to say vegan items are unhealthy, but that the ones found in a fast food restaurant are.