(September 10, 2015 at 10:46 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:I believe you're over-simplifying a very complicated issue. Besides, I suggested several other factors that contribute to obesity besides the old "I have a slow metabolism". How could you possibly know all of the physiological factors that may or may not affect to 95% of obese people?(September 10, 2015 at 9:44 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Obesity is not always attributed to lifestyle choices or lack of will, although that seems to be the easy answer. Underlying medical conditions, hormonal imbalances, psychological stress/depression, past sexual trauma, immobility from physical injury, addiction and any number of issues come into play.
Why should a show about a fat person bother people so much? There had to have been reprehensible, irresponsible, television shows before this one, right? Why does this particular show, surrounding this particular person, with this particular condition cause such outrage? It makes me wonder.
I hate this sort of answer. Although the woman in that show has a condition, the vast vast vast majority of overweight people do not. Stress and depression could cause someone to overeat, but it's the eating that causes the weight gain. For 95% of people, the only reason you are obese is because you consume more calories than you burn. It's offensively anti-science and against the evidence to claim otherwise. Same goes with the old excuse of metabolism, which varies only slightly in the giant majority of the population. I think it's that excuse making and the bullshit that bothers me more than the sight of fat people, which I really don't care one way or another about.
Imagine for a moment it was a show glorifying smoking. How would you feel about that?
Nova produced a very informative documentary on just tremendously difficult it is to lose weight and how our brains and are wired to hold on to fat stores at all costs. I'm sure you can find it easily online, if you're interested.
For me to fairly compare this show to one that glorifies smoking, you would have to demonstrate that this show does in fact encourage people to carelessly overeat, sit on the couch, and generally not give a fuck. From what I've read about the show online that's not the case. This woman has polycystic ovarian syndrome and the obesity that accompanies it. Instead of waiting to reach an ideal weight that's unrealistic due to the nature of her condition, it seems she's decided to live her life, dance, and do all of the goofy shit that make her happy. The theme seems to be self- acceptance. She's not promoting obesity simply because she doesn't hate herself, is she?
