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Originally Posted by ruff
When was the last time you were in America? It's fat city. 250-pounders stuffed into yoga pants. We have sugar in every single thing we eat and drink. Life expectancy is getting lower here. This inclusion business is fine elsewhere; showing obese people on TV is sending the wrong message.  |
The last time I was in the US was over ten years ago. I didn't see too many fat people there. Maybe I was in those states where obesity is not a big problem. I was mostly in the south and I suspect obesity is a Midwestern problem. But I won't state that as fact.
In any case, obesity is a disease and should not be encouraged and passed off as the norm. Even if people are very poor, they can still afford to eat healthy. At the very least, stop eating sugar and reduce your diet to moderate. If the majority of the country's population is sick, there is no need to encourage it. We need to point out the problem to them and encourage them to take charge of their health. Obesity is not a Down's disease; it is treatable. And it doesn't require going to the doctor, having surgeries, or buying expensive medications etc.