By Live Healthy Africa
In recent weeks there have been countless reports in the
US and locally of people and the media describing the overweight and obese as
‘pigs’, ‘ugly’ and other abusive words. This is simply appalling and totally
unfair. Not everyone is fat because they sit down all day and eat. Not everyone
who is skinny is healthy!
Such bullying and vitriol aimed at people struggling
with their weight is counterproductive and cannot lead to any good. Research
already shows that fat shaming can lead to more weight gain since it makes
people have low self esteem which makes them binge even more and exercise less.
As a society we
need to be supportive of our friends and family in their pursuit for healthy
living. At the end of the day confidence is more beautiful that an eight inch
waist!
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