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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm sorry, Kaz, but as an obese person myself I really can't agree with you. Being obese is is a "choice" for the overwhelming majority of people. The equation is simple:
Take in more calories than you expend = weight gain
Expend more calories than you eat = weight loss
and eating more than you need to is a matter of self-control.
I am trying to lose weight, and finding it damned hard. Why? Because I lack self-control and find it extraordinarily difficult not to eat the things which I love and which are really bad for me. I'm not going to make excuses and say "it's not my fault" and "I don't have a choice". It is my fault. I got fat because I ate too much and didn't take enough exercise.
I'm not going to make fun of anyone for being too fat, but equally I'm not going to make excuses for anyone (other than the tiny, tiny minority who genuinely have a medical condition which means that they can't control their weight).
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I'm truly am not trying to make excuses for obesity or trying to justify a person's reasons for being obese. That wasn't the point of my original post. Whatever the reasons for their condition, these people should not be ridiculed in any way. It's the fact that the entertainment industry, the media, etc., feel that ridiculing the obese is acceptable is what bothers me the most. I don't think any group of people, no matter what their circumstance, should be held in contempt as are the overweight.
Whether it's a lack of will power or not, they still deserve compassion.