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In reply to the discussion: Critic of 'Obese' Anchor Stands By His Words [View all]GirlinContempt
(16,987 posts)Telling people that fat will kill them, that everyone can and should be thin, that weight is a good indicator of health, that diets work, that it's as simple as working out and eating differently, that fat people are stuffing their faces and are gluttons, etc.
It's also dishonest to try and present this as some sort of public welfare issue. Almost as dishonest a the claim that there's an ideal weight we could ask achieve if only the fatties weren't so lazy/greedy/stupid/complacent/whatever.
This whole obsession with weight over health it's nothing more than asthetics and holier than thoself congratulation. Not only it's it worse for health, but it re enforces some of the very conditions it claims to be against.
Health matters. Weight in all but extreme cases is not an indicator of health. Period. I am sick of assholes getting away with assholery by claiming is in someone elses interest, in the interest of health, etc. it isn't. Is mean spirited, self righteous and damaging.