Reply #2: It's because it's nonsense

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Part of the supposed "obesity epidemic" has been the dropping of weight standards for individuals.

And even morbid obesity isn't that dramatic a health risk. It impinges on the body at the level of light smoking. (It decreases lifespan by 1-3 years). Obviously, this doesn't include 500 lb people and such, anymore than the very slender (aka anorexic) are as healthy as normally thin people. Still, the fattest women still outlive the thinnest men. Fat people who exercise are still healthier than thin people who don't.

The whole problem is prejudice against fat people. It's abuse of a minority -- nothing less or more.