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I perdonaly dont know if I have a weight problem, acording to Wii fit I am not overwight, but it did say I had a fit age of 30 something. the other members of my family may though, personaly I think I am way to lazy and to my brother I just got the skinny genes, but he got the muscle genes.

A lot of obesity is society's fault... has anyone ever tried going on a sugar free diet? Try finding anything much in the supermarkets without sugar in it - you'll be surprised.

I think that fat people are cute. :O)

It's a health issue. I doubt giving the stick due to your stigmatising will help much. When it is such an illness, it's a dismal sight to see it mocked in the media.

... Being obese is a personal chioce people can control it...

However the problem is a bit more complex the technoligy that earth has held so dear is creating less incentive for people to do anything... its not natural selection its called we F***ed up bigtime.

A good point there - its not easy eating healthy when it turns out
that alot of whats for sale have vast amounts of sugar and stuff
in it even when it says its "ok" to eat, and i`m a little concerned
about the sugar-substitute thats popular now, not sure what that
does after a long time of use - some things affect our metabolism
and stuff, so alot of problems can come from it

Some can, some cannot. Obesity stems from so many issues. Culture, diet, psychology, genetics, social life, emotional traumas, etc.

I think it's in the s**t companies market to us as food. There's no nutrients in it, and because of that even when we eat more than our fill we still feel hungry because we're not getting the vitamins we need.

I think there should be some kind of law about what goes into food, and what doesn't, or something. Maybe more people should start up supermarket chains selling only natural, healthy produce.

I'm not really sure what the solution is, or how we'll go about implementing it effectively, but i think stigmatizing overweight people is not really getting us anywhere. Resolve the problem at its source, is what I say!

You might want to research how woman are supposed to eat while they are pregnant before you go on about this

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Occasionally I find myself looking at BBWs.

I apologize and ask your forgiveness.

The majority of people who are fat is because they over eat or eat the wrong foods. But I still don't judge a fat person because how do I know they don't have a medical condition that makes them that way.

Obesity has increased over that last 23 years so that's how I know. That many people can't all possibly have medical conditions.

A few factors to consider;

1. Genetics
2. Quality of food available to us (99% fat free means = 99% sugar + 1% fat)
3. Lifestyle #1 - No Time - Nowadays, people work more and have less time for exercise - we have to rush everywhere (so we use cars instead).
4. Lifestyle #2 - Labour Savings - No need to walk - We all have cars, No need to scrub, dishwashers etc..
5. The Nature of work - My 50+ hours a week are spent sitting at a desk or in meetings.
6. Convenience - A few minutes on the internet saves walking around the shops
7. Availability of Food - Our ancestors were starving most of the time, that's why they weren't obese. My grandparents in the depression ate dripping - that can't be healthy.

I don't think you can start blaming people for being fat. It would be like people blaming us for being aspies.

Not fair at all.

You're right. It's the Deadly Sins of Sloth and Gluttony working together in this case.

Hey I don't work out at all and I am still thin. I walk every where (I take busses), I don't eat fast food all the time, or eat sweets every day, I also don't eat much food, at least two meals a day. I also walk around at work. My job requires you to be on your legs all day so that helps.

People need to not eat out at fast food so much, or eat a lot of food, eat like the way I do. We also don't need to buy desserts or junk food every time we go grocery shopping. People need to eat less food if they don't get much workout.
I am not talking about people who have medical problems that make them fat. I am talking about people who are overweight and don't have a gene that makes them that way.

I also know it's easy for teens and young adults to lose weight but for middle aged adults and older, it's harder. You don't lose it by dieting, you would have to work out to lose it. So if you don't have time to work out at the gym or at home, you're screwed.