ok so when people say rude things to you about your weight, what is your automatic reaction, do you suddenly go eat more, do you feel the need to bulk up so you wont get bullied any more?
also the issue with obesity is way way way way more complicated than people are lazy and eat to much.
poverty, access, education and mental health all come into obesity.
poverty - the fact is cheap food is unhealthy, full of additives, addictive substances, fat, and chemicals.
If you are poor you have a limited budget for food, the average house that lives under the bread line or skims the bread line, has one option buy what they can afford and what lasts, fruit and vegetables are more expensive than chip (or in the USA fries), tinned food is cheaper than fresh produce, frozen foods are cheaper than fresh and you can forget organic foods.
Also take into account many households can only afford food than can be microwaved or cooked for short periods due to not being able to afford cookers or to use to much electric, yes this is an issue, i have seen poor people heat a tin of beans on a microwave as they dont have any means to cook food.
Even if they did do you think they have the time and resources to cook food from scratch.
many poor people in Britain live in bedsits, hostiles and bed and breakfasts, there are no cooking facilities and if there are then its limited.
they cant afford fridge freezers or there lodgings dont have the facilities, meaning they need long lasting food that does not need to be chilled, instant noodles, tins and pastas, generally fit in this category.
also consider, you have no facilities, so you have to go out and eat, you can have an organic restaurant meal at £10-100 a head or go a fast food joint and get a burger for £1, which often includes receipts where if you fill in the questionnaires you get a cheaper or free meal, if you have a limited budget which would you choose.
also take into account many of these people have more than one job, they wont have time either for cooking.
Fatness used to be a rich persons issue, now its turned on its head and if people stopped using the blame game they will see past their noses and see fatness isnt a laziness issue, its a poverty issue.
Access - leading on from the eating out issue, go to any poverty stricken place, a ghetto, a low run down part of town and spot the organic food, health food or fruit and veg shop. it wont take you long i promise you.
Fact is poor locations have very few if any locations to buy healthy food, if you are low income or have a limited budge do you think they can afford a car or vehicle to buy food in healthier places plus have the funds for the food after, public transport is also limited in many poor locations.
Also look at the type of food establishments that are available in poor locations, take aways, fast food places. if thats all they can get and all they can afford thats what they get.
Education - even if they have the means to buy fresh food, many schools do not teach about food choices or cooking courses in poor areas, so yes ignorance is an issue.
Mental health - this one effect all people, no matter the economics of the person.
depression causes weight gain in some, anxiety another.
also take into account medication for mental illness can cause weight gain, leading to the mental illness increasing.
so you know what really does not help, mocking, belittling or talking down to a person who is ill.
never in the history of bullying has a person thought ''you know they are right'', you know what happens when you constantly tell someone they are worthless because how they look (because what your doing is basically that) , they retreat and dont get help, they dont try and help themselves because why bother, in fact many get worse. no one deserves to be abused due to how they look.
there are plenty of epidemics involving thinness but they are not seen as an issue because thinness is socially acceptable, eating disorders are hugely under reported mainly due to the fact eating disorders are being repackaged as 'healthy' living', the new buzzwords for starving yourself are detox, dieting and fasting. but its all about starving yourself thin and is repackaged as some form of fashion. the reason its called eating disorder is because its disordered eating, starving yourself for certain periods to be socially acceptable is disordered eating.
also take into account smoking and drug use, both are used as techniques to stay or make yourself thin, laxatives, cocaine, heroin, appetite suppressors.... they are all used to remain or get thin, do you ever see a fat drug addict? but because they are used to cause thinness then its not a problem or called a pandemic.
the idea than thinness is automatically healthy is a lie and dangerous at best, one key example, women who are congratulated for losing weight, when they lost weight because they were dying from cancer, yes ive seen this happen.
so again you can use the fake argument its about a persons health why your being rude to a fat person, but its a very thinly veiled excuse to be rude, bully and make yourself feel better about yourself.
