Body shaming, and "My Big Fat Fabulous Life"

[Regina]

I think that she has an extremely rare condition is part of the problem of the show. Most obese people do not. Not just most, the vast vast majority. What percentage of obese people do you think have a medical condition that causes them to be obese? While a number of psychological problems might lead towards overeating, the physical cause of obesity is pretty much always the same: you consume more calories then you burn. That's it.

Now I haven't seen the show, but it seems to be in theme with the body acceptance movement, which is a giant source of lies, disinformation and anti-science. I don't care a whit about someone's personal choices, but I think our society should be one that embraces truth. The truth is that the way you become obese is you consume more calories than you burn.

I agree with this view entirely. The fat acceptance momvement wants to act like being morbidly obese is a perfectly natural variation of human weight, and that being fat has nothing to do with what (or how much) you eat. If that were the case, there'd be fat starving Africans. That's not the case though, and that's why many African countries have less than 5% of it's population obese while the USA and Western Europe has around 1/3. That's not a coincidence. 1 in 3 Americans and Europeans don't have "that rare freak condition" that makes you fat even while living a normal lifestyle.