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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent I wouldn't be happy about how you handled it.  You could explain that people come in all shapes and sizes.  You basically fat shamed to a toddler, congrats.[/quote]

OP here: I don't think that I "fat shamed" at all. Considering that we have such a obesity epidemic going on, I thought it was a good time to explain to her that this is why we eat healthy foods and not junk foods. I didn't use the term fat with her (I don't even think she knows that word or what it means). I told her that it's not nice to talk about how someone looks but when she asked me how her tummy got so big, I told her that sometimes when you eat a lot of bad food, that is what happens which is the truth. [/quote]

Well no...sometimes people have medical conditions that can cause obesity or the inability to exercise.  Some people can eat crap all day long and be thin as a rail.  Some people can try and eat healthy and really struggle with food.  You tied food consumption to appearance and it's inappropriate IMO. [b] You basically said that chick is fat because she's an over eating pig.[/b]  Not nice, OP.[/quote]

which is probably true....[/quote]

It could be, neither you or I know, however it feeds into a fat shaming culture and as a parent I'm not okay with it.  A thin or average weight person could have the exact same diet and I don't see anyone shaming them.[/quote]

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