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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I'm sorry but do you people really not consider your weight when making food choices? Do you not realize the amount of time and money the food industry spends trying to get you to eat salt, sugar, and fat? The crazy rise on obesity in this country (for those who don't see it please exit the bubble and read a newspaper from time to time you will hear all about it, yes even among children). It's absurd to suggest in our society that recognizing those facts and being vigilant about maintaining a healthy weight makes you have an unhealthy view about weight. It's all part and parcel of the issue I'm raising here: that [b]every consideration is paid to making fat people feel normal [/b]when being fat is anything but normal. [/quote]

OP, you are missing our (non-judgy posters who disagree with your vitriol) point in a pretty big way. We're not talking about paying every consideration to making fat people feel normal. We're talking about paying every consideration to NOT BEING A JERK because someone is fat. What you're suggesting is not some public health awareness campaign for your son. You're talking about fat shaming, and you're disguising it as teaching your kid healthy habits.

How about if you just teach your kid healthy habits without the obesity boogeyman? Maybe he will simply assume that it's normal to be "healthy" in the way you describe, rather than setting himself up compared to other people?[/quote]

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