"people really don't want to hear that being fat is bad in the sense of greatly raising the risk of all common age-related disease and reducing life expectancy.

"people really don't want to hear that being fat is bad in the sense of greatly raising the risk of all common age-related disease and reducing life expectancy." Surely there are very few people denying these risks. Do you have evidence that this is a widespread trend, or have you just taken that viewpoint by choice? Any attempt to deny fat risks could be construed as a misguided strategy by fat people to be treated with respect. If they explain away the health risks, then they're less open to shaming. Anyway, this is the empathetic viewpoint I choose to take on the issue, and I suspect it's better for everyone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/11/fat-shaming-doesnt-work-a-new-study-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/0...