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[quote=Anonymous]Obesity IS a disease.  To the poster who said it isn’t, but is instead a symptom of lifestyle choices, the two are not mutually exclusive.  Lung cancer is a disease and is often the result of smoking.  Similarly, obesity is a disease and is often the result of overeating.  I have been obese, “normal,” and thin, and can honestly say that obesity is the hardest “choice.”  But it is a disease.  And obese people are worthy of respect and representation.  The fact that some models are obese or overweight has only to do with respect for overweight or obese people and noting to do with “celebrating” those conditions.  And to those of you who say that this approach “normalizes” obesity, I would simply point out the obesity rate in this country.  Unfortunately, this disease is rampant.  And we need to do more to support and help people with this disease, which can be devastating.  But obesity comes from a host of factors, not one of which is the existence of obese models.  Obesity is much more complicated than that.  I suggest that we conceive of obesity more deeply than simply blaming the owners of this disease or obese modeling.  Only then can progress be made.[/quote]

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