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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article is neither well written or well researched. It’s pandering to people who feel ostracized or bullied because they are fat. It’s feeding into their insecurity and pain at being fat and giving them an out by blaming things they can’t control. Fat people are not fat because people shame them though normal people may not be fat due to the shame. I agree that fat shaming doesn’t help people who already are fat [b]but it certainly helps many from getting there. [/B]

Regardless, public health people are widely unsuccessful at influencing behavior.

What might help would be greater availability and insurance coverage for quality mental health professionals. Obesity in many cases is a consequence of mental health problems whether it’s emotional eating, impulse control, or motivation. Mental health comes into play when people want to change and their behavior is keeping them from being functional which being fat does.

Some people also just do not care and any money spent chasing after them is completely wasted. Look at the high correlation of obesity and Trump supporters. The common connection is anger, anxiety, TV habits, and intentional disregard for their own health. Whether it’s refusing vaccines or stuffing their faces to death, they won’t change because some dippy public health official created a poster. [/quote]

Please point to any hard evidence the bolded is remotely true. I think it’s a ridiculous assertion and completely contrary to both the history of the obesity epidemic and the hard data we do have. But I’m willing to be wrong. [/quote]

+1 my whole life obesity has been horribly shamed, the past few years excepted. And the whole time obesity has just kept rising. This line of reasoning makes no sense to me. [/quote]

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