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Has the US reached “peak obesity”?
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It’s troubling. I’ve seen the same. We used to see ‘a few extra pounds’. In school there were few if any fat kids, and those few who had an extra pound or two would be simply “husky”.
Now in walmart every 5th person is morbidly obese; the size of a double door refrigerator. The argument breaks down that they “simply can’t afford better food”. What’s worse is the reverse backlash: the admonition that “real women have curves.” In other words, people who choose to eat right and exercise aren’t real. They’re malnourished waifs that should be ostracized. I’ve seen a good bit of fat shaming in my time but it doesn’t hold a candle to thin shaming.