Is It OK to Be Fat?

With Americans growing in size, a group of panelists debate a tough topic.

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[Swizzik]

I don't believe being fat can coincide with being healthy, neither do I believe that being skinny is healthy either. I pity fat people seriously. Its sad to see someone trying to get up from a chair or walk their dog because they are too big. Anyone that says is genetics that make them fat is lying to themselves sure genetics affect you but if you don't let yourself get fat as you grow then it won't happen. Fat is something that can be controlled no one is genetically predisposed to be 400lb.

[mastermp1995]

it is ridiculous you can be fat and healthy you don't have do diet just take in a little bit of everything and move around regularly and if "society" has a problem with that then they can go jump off a cliff

[swirty89]

Of course the dietary advice the govt. and "experts" give isn't helping blaming saturated fat and cholesterol then telling you to eat more crappy lowfat industrial foods and carb high whole grains, eat these whole grains their good for you, why because we paid farmers subsides to produce a lot of this shit and we need to get more people to eat it.

[swirty89]

@Eighty8percent That analogy made absolutley no sense, are they gonna blow a whopper fart and give you a deadly disease.

[swirty89]

Obesity is only an outward symptom of bigger health issues inside, ever notice some people eat all the cake, ice cream, chips, and soda they want and never gain weight does it mean their healthy no and they can get T2 Diabetes just as fast. People like MeMe Roth don't give two shits about obese people's health, she hates that she has to see fat people walking everyday and she wants to stop seeing this so she fights to gets the govt. to pass stupid laws for her own gain.

[beki4peace]

Most obese people don't want to be fat. They have tried countless methods, exercise and might suffer from hypothyroidism and food allergies. It is more complex than eat less, exercise more mentality that us so prevalent.

[beki4peace]

Some woman are denied promotions, pay raises and even jobs because of their obesity. It is honestly a vanity and a classist issue. The boss wants to come to work seeing a "hot" woman every day because he hates his job and wants a more pleasurable reason to come to work. Humans are still animals and we still behave with a social darwinistic mentality.

[Melancholikerin]

If someone lives an unhealthy lifestyle that doesn't even impair your own health, they do not deserve to be publically harrassed and humiliated by you.

Also, even if you actually cared about unhealthy people (of all body types) getting healthier, you wouldn't display nothing but hate towards only the obese. That's clearly not helping anyone, or every fat person would fit the socially acceptable norm by now.

[Eighty8percent]

If it's okay to be fat around me, it should be okay for me to blow cigarette smoke in your face. Seriously America, wake the fuck up. The only people who say it's okay to be fat are fat people

[KMAN124100]

even if some1 can be healthy and fat, they'll look much better without all that xtra weight