Today Show host, Al Roker, debuted his memoir Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss
Battle For Good, he revealed two of
the worst comments he has faced. First,
he cheated willpower by having weight loss surgery. Second, people liked him better when he was
fat.
In February 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie fired back
at a former White House doctor who called attention to his weight. "It's almost
a like a time bomb waiting to happen unless he addresses those issues before
running for office," Connie Mariano said.
Christie called her comment
"out of line."
The Obese can't win! They are damned if they do and damned if they
don't.
Millions
of opinions later the public is still divided—is it bullying to ask someone to shape up and get healthy? The public says, "no!" Can it
disqualify one from the Presidency? They
say, "yes!" Does weight loss
surgery cheat willpower and make one less of a person? The public screams, "absolutely!" Dieting is a solitary effort but few realize
what the social world feeds the obese us.
Society vilifies the obese and reminiscent of the early AIDS epidemic,
holds them directly accountable. After
all, you can choose what you put in your mouth.
How
much do we vilify the obese?
In a study of attitudes on obesity Glen Gaesser revealed that college students would chose to marry a
criminal, embezzler, drug user, shoplifter, or blind person rather than a fat
person. Over half of young women would
rather be run over by a truck than be obese and two-thirds would rather be
stupid or mean than fat.
·
46%
would give a year of life
·
30%
would rather go through a divorce
·
35%
would rather be severely depressed
·
24%
would give up three years of life
64% of all Americans are overweight. Shockingly even some of the overweight and
obese derogate each other. There is always someone worse off.
TIP: Is it any wonder why we self-loath when we gain weight? YOU many not be the failure. Punch society for some of that contribution.
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