Obesity Fat-Shaming Debate

Thats like telling obese person 'get off bad food' . Everyone already knows that.

Sadly, this is the attitude of some obese people...

Or maybe some people legitimately were concerned for your health? The statistics are indisputable, being obese causes permanent damage to your body and reduces both the quality and length of your life. Wanting someone to frame this differently is a bit of an odd complaint.I also used to be obese, and I also made my own decision to become healthy. I don't think you can force someone to become healthier, but I doubt that I would be in my current state today if nobody mentioned my weight to

I believe obesity denial is actually a bigger problem than obesity itself.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32566758

There is no contradiction. You can tell obese people that their condition will cause them various troubles that they wouldn't have otherwise. You don't have to resort to shaming them for that. Beauty is subjective.

Nobody sees being fat as something to celebrate. Fat people don’t like being fat. Source: I’m obese.The thing that you are misunderstanding is that people don’t want to be humiliated about their weight. It isn’t that they want to be fat, but that they don’t want to be thought of as disgusting or “less than human” for being fat.In fact, most people who struggle with their weight have worked harder to try to lose it than you can imagine. If you think “just eat less and move more” is s

The changes I can’t understand most involve calling people fat. Obesity is a fact and it should not be normalized. Any obese person put on a desert island and fed water and a limited caloric diet would lose weight, a scientific fact. Any attempt at normalizing obesity is the same as normalizing smoking cigarettes or alcoholism - harmful to all of humanity.

I think the root of it is recognition that mental health is as important as physical health, and that losing weight isn’t as easy as many people assume, and shouldn’t be done the way many people try - so actively shaming and criticizing fat people for being fat is of negative health utility overall.

That may be true for most people, however, there are many conditions that cause obesity outside of those two factors. Unfortunately, people are judged for being obese, even if it is due to a chronic illness or other factors outside of their direct control.Nothing wrong with promoting healthy eating and exercise, but unfortunately, this often turns into negative judgement against people that do not deserve it. These negative judgements often cause real harm. I know people whose doctors have di

People are trying to make being overweight as something acceptable instead of a condition to be treated.