fat shaming is a HUGE problem. fat people are victimized, marginalized, discriminated against, and just generally shit upon to a huge degree. someone’s weight does not define who they are in any way besides size.  if you think less of someone because of their weight, or judge someone’s eating habits, or exercising habits, you are a piece of shit and you need to stop because what someone else chooses to do with their body has literally nothing to do with you.

however, there is an obesity problem in this country, and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with an individuals lifestyle choices regarding diet and exercise, but rather the systemic failures of our social institutions:

• the only incentive food companies have is profit, not health, not environmental impact, not sustainabilty. if it lowers cost and raises profit, thats what theyre about
• our government subsidizies junk food, namely corn and soy products.  theres a reason a bag of cheetos is cheaper than a bag of carrots, and its because the government is paying for it to be that way.
• remember that whole pizza is a vegetable thing from congress about a year ago? our legislators are too cowardly, lazy, and self-serving to stand up to lobbyists and special interests, at the cost of our children’s health
• low income areas often have little to no access to healthy food. you simply cannot find stores that stock healthy food, even if they could afford it. ( a family living on food stamps could not even come close to affording it)
• massive food companies like Monsanto patent their genetically modified seeds and then use legal jujitsu to suffocate any smaller farmers from growing and selling healthy produce