Obesity "Fat" acceptance movement in the U.S.

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It’s a response to stigma, probably. If we saw excess weight as just a health issue and not a reason to judge, we probably wouldn’t have the Fat Acceptance movement.

Sad how if a healthy-weight person had diabetes, we wouldn’t judge them harshly, but we do that about weight. It’s just a health issue.

For sure. I believe that a big part of the problem with weight in our society
is due to due to the consumerist nature that our societies have developed.

Over the past 100 years or so in particular all sorts of great products have been
invented in order to exploit us as consumers without restriction specifically for capital gain.

And where having the freedom to live what ever lifestyle we choose is a big part of
what makes the western world great, for some of us the freedom has been to our detriment.

I think it's very positive to not stigmatize fat people, and promote a healthy lifestyle that isn't focused on how your body looks like. Based on my experience, being bullied for being overweight was one of the reasons I became obese as I stoped practicing sports and developed disordered eating. However, there is an anti-scientific discourse that wants to deny that obesity has consequences which I think is very dangerous... it's not normal to be morbidly obese, there is several reasons someone reach this path and people must be treated with respect nevertheless but it's not positive to normalize this.

it is good manners to not talk to another person about their weight. based on the prevalence of morbid obesity in my neck of the woods, there is a lot of "not talking about weight" here. i thank god much of the time that i have been spared that particular fate, i saw what it did to my dad.

Body positivity movement is good, but being accepting of over weight is not.

Body positivity movement was originally (as far as I know) meant to encourage people to not feel unworthy even if they weren't normal weight, had scars or anything they didn't like and to make people stop making fun of others based on their appearance. I'm pretty sure that the original purpose was not to encourage unhealthy things like over weight and obesity, which is something some people have turned it in to. Over weight and especially obesity are bad things no matter how you look at it. And no, a doctor/nurse who comments on your weight is not being rude, they're doing their job. Of course, it matters how they say it, but I've heard many clearly over weight people call their doctors horrible and fat shaming when they've just mentioned the need for weight loss.

Honestly I tried to accept weighing over 200 pounds but my doctor told me “you have to lose weight”. I’ve lost 9 pounds so far on a plant based diet. All I need to do is listen to my doctor and get to my goal of 180 pounds and maintain 180 pounds.

Body positivity is important but it’s about eating healthy, exercise and taking care of your body. I don’t let other people who aren’t my doctor though especially online. I haven’t had a Vanilla Coke in nearly a month.

I support it in that I just want to be treated like a f*****g human with feelings who doesn't deserve to be abused, but beyond that, I don't pay attention to it like some others who are obsessed with it for ridiculous reasons (that goes for ~both sides~).

Like a lot of people, I've had a lot of horrible things happen to me in my life that lead to my severe weight issues, and I am working through them. It's not easy, but I've made progress again. But a lot of people don't give a s**t. They just see you as a punching bag. I've had grown men/other adults come up to me and insult me, it's utterly pathetic. One thing I'm working on is standing up for myself despite intense anxiety, so next time maybe I'll just yell back at them.

IMHO, people who pick fun of people with metabolic issues, need to wear the other person's shoes for a bit. i've been skinny and i've been fat, it's a lot easier to gain weight than to lose it. i really hate it when effortlessly lean and fit people [genes count for most of everything] do the piling-on. let it happen to those people and see how they feel about it.

We need to empower people to be happy for who they are and ignore the ignorant opinions of random jerks/keyboard warriors that do not matter. Society must promote body positivity and empower people with disabilities.

I get that some people don't find fat attractive in others cuz they associate fat with being unhealthy but eating disorders like anorexia are also potentially very unhealthy yet the media glorifies it as those people being considered very attractive. The thinner a Hollywood star is, the easier it is for the person to get jobs, especially if she's a woman.

Fat acceptance triggers me on many fronts.

Fat acceptance is predicated upon the idea that getting fat is no one's fault since doing anything different would not have made a bit of difference. This is false. Even for those with metabolic conditions, your best bet to stay in weight is to go on a plant strong Vegan diet. For the vast majority that is the rest of humanity though, you have no excuse, it is only your meat and dairy eating diet that is causing you to be fat in the first place; if you change, you will 100% loose the weight.

Stop the excuses: I lost the weight, so can you.

The latest IPCC report says we need to go Vegan for the sake of the survival of our species.
I am sure I will either get no responses back from any of my comments; or I will get responses that wallow in the unfairness of sickly fat people having to change... because it's tasty you know, which, let me get to in a moment.

I tried to get my Mom to go Vegan. Did not go well. I can hear her thoughts in some of the things people have already written. She compared me to a door to door fundie trying to get her to convert. I wish I had the words at the time to tell her what I thought of her actions, but I will now.

Me: "Hey Mom, sorry you feel that way, but the science is in, humans are, anatomically speaking herbivores mamals that all too eaily become animal flesh addicts, literally!"

I wanted my Mom to go Vegan because I wanted her with me on the right side of history. This was not the only or main reason though. The main reason is because I love my Mom and don't want her to suffer unnecessarily. I want her around. I would have been so proud of her had she switched.

But she didn't, because she accepts being fat.