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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
oh yay.
another thread where you guys get to lord your contempt and ridicule all over fat people.
what's it about a 3-month cycle you're on?
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You're lording your contempt over and ridiculing people that are voicing legitimate concerns regarding people's health. Or do you believe that the cause of helping people overcome obesity is just about ridicule?
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
It's easy to make fun of fat people because you can see their weaknesses and vulnerabilities. I've yet to meet a person who doesn't have them, though.
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Obesity is a "weakness" or "vulnerability" that one can help, which is the issue. Virtually anyone can help being fat. One can become unfat through hard work. Those that remain fat and complain about it or try to make excuses about it aren't healthy.
This study takes the focus away from proactive, successful options for obese people, and the article mischaracterized the study. Obesity cannot be "caught" at all. Viruses multiplying fat cells do not necessarily create more total mass. If one is leading a healthy lifestyle, their body regularly burns fat. The only way one can catch "fat" is if the virus is able to multiply fat faster than the body can burn it, and nothing in the study or the article suggested that.