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This is why I had mixed feelings about that newscaster a few weeks back who answered a rude email on the air, with the gist of her lesson being ''just because I'm fat doesn't mean it's my fault, I can be a good role model, and it's what's inside that matters.''
While I totally agree with the lady, who later went on to say she ran marathons and had a thyroid problem, I think there is a fine line between being respectful and being an enabler. America should be careful with just how far it goes telling people their physical appearance has no bearing on how they are perceived, or who they are.
Because in reality, it often does say something about who they are and does affect how they are perceived. Most importantly though, it gravely affects their health. Don't forget, the more carefree we are about being overweight the more the Monsantos of this world will feel justified in making synthetic heart-cloggers out of usually healthy products - which is a hazard to everyone really.
I grew up chubby - en route towards a fat existence for sure - and today I'm quite thankful my parents (mostly my unapologetic Dad) called me out when I 'abused' and warned me of future consequences - not on my health - but on my social life. I'm healthier for it today.
So, being comfortable in your skin is important. Fact is when you hit the obese range you shouldn't be comfortable in your skin. It's biologically wrong. But folks aren't embarrassed by potential health problems down the road - they're embarrassed by not fitting in. When being fat is fitting in... then we have a serious problem.
What a novel idea. You got fat, your dad gave you a dose of tough love, and todayyou are far better off for it. Something fat enablers and liberals will never understand.
The majority of people with this mentality may be tough, but are very short on love, at least in my experience.
But hey, any excuse to behave like an azzhat.
Better to be a coward enabler passive aggressive individual who doesnt want to tell the person the truth while their bodies do irreversible damage to themselves. Keep it real son.
So, being comfortable in your skin is important. Fact is when you hit the obese range you shouldn't be comfortable in your skin. It's biologically wrong. But folks aren't embarrassed by potential health problems down the road - they're embarrassed by not fitting in. When being fat is fitting in... then we have a serious problem.
Agree, that was my point also; no one should be starving themselves to be "thin", but at the same time, "fat acceptance" isn't something which should be uniformly embraced. Your bolded line pretty much nails it...some folks will be overweight their entire life no matter their lifestyle, but obesity is something which will inevitably kill you at a relatively young age, and shouldn't be accepted as an inevitable fact of life, because it's not.
It is not a black white thing it is a socioeconomic thing. Black people tend to be more obese...yes, but they also tend to be poorer. West Virginia is only slightly less obese than Missisissippi, and have a much lower african American population. The thing that both states have in common is that they are both poor and uneducated. Poor, uneducated people buy cheap, processed, bad food.
why are foodstampers allowed to buy the cheap, processed bad junk food??
the people working are subsidizing these folks,,,, buying this crap?????
Damn. Southerners are a bunch of fatties. It's going to be hard for them to fight that new civil war they want if it means walking distances further than the parking lot into Walmart.
Sure they could, they would need to borrow the electric carts from Walmart though.
I was just thinking about a local restaurant that does a free early Thanksgiving meal for the poor. God bless the guy( who is moslem BTW) who owns the place. But in the photos in the paper, the poor were not looking like they have missed too many meals. More than a few were actually on the heavy side. Maybe some just grifted a free meal, but you don't see starving people these days. At least not in urban areas.
One in four children struggles with hunger. One in three children is obese. An odd statistic.
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