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Obesity becoming U.S. civil rights issue for some

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kate Harding has spent most of her life on one diet or another, losing weight but always gaining it back. Determined to improve her quality of life, she joined a fast-growing group of anti-dieting activists promoting overweight people's civil rights.

Launching an anti-dieting blog called Shapely Prose, Harding and other fat-acceptance advocates online -- calling themselves the fat-o-sphere -- are also educating one another about how to improve overweight people's health.

She and other bloggers with names like FatChicksRule and Big Liberty say society's "war on obesity" makes overweight people hate their bodies and suffer from low self-esteem.

"Being fat doesn't make me lazy or stupid or morally suspect," said Harding, 34, of Chicago, who also has written a book, "Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere..."

...Fat-acceptance advocates are starting to organize to promote anti-bias laws, encourage tolerance in health care and the workplace and help retailers recognize the profit potential of catering to plus-size customers.

"People are just beginning to think about being empowered," said Lynn McAfee, director of medical advocacy at the nonprofit Council on Size and Weight Discrimination.

"The emphasis has just been 'lose weight and everything will be fine,' and it's becoming really clear that people aren't losing weight," she said. "So we want to shift the emphasis to making us as healthy as we can be at whatever weight we are."

Activists say the movement is beginning to amass some victories, from larger seat belts in cars to a decision by the Supreme Court in Canada that obese and disabled people traveling on airplanes can't be forced to buy a second seat.

The Fox television network is developing a reality show featuring "average looking" people called "More to Love," billed as a "dating show for the rest of us."

The National Association for the Advancement of Fat Acceptance, a civil rights group formed in 1969, has found new life as fat-acceptance advocates gain force online...

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/hl_nm/us_obesity_acceptance;_ylt=AvCr5uXppCd9.TuZXyDOyMzVJRIF

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Being fat doesn't make me lazy or stupid

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i agree, being lazy and stupid makes you fat

Who are you deb-facing, IBTM?

Fat people should be oppressed. They're a danger to themselves, crowding our hospitals and eating all our food.

NA, society.

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So we want to shift the emphasis to making us as healthy as we can be

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it is a medical fact that being fat makes you unhealthy you dumb moron


stop eating cheese burgers and get off the couch

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This is a weighty issue

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I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE LAWLZ!!1!

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She and other bloggers with names like FatChicksRule and Big Liberty say society's "war on obesity" makes overweight people hate their bodies and suffer from low self-esteem.

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Good.

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She and other bloggers with names like FatChicksRule and Big Liberty say society's "war on obesity" makes overweight people hate their bodies and suffer from low self-esteem.

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Fat people should hate their bodies because they are f-ing disgusting.

That's why we need candidates that are well rounded and take on the heavy issues.
We need a Manchurian Buffet Candidate!

Define ridiculous

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making us as healthy as we can be at whatever weight

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this seems kind of bass akward to me...

translation: im too lazy to exercise and too fat to stop eating so im going to beetch about it instead and play the civil liberties card

Probably a dumb question because I don't keep up with fat news: if these cows are pushing the whole civil liberty agenda, then how does this affect health insurance?

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...Fat-acceptance advocates are starting to organize to promote anti-bias laws, encourage tolerance in health care and the workplace and help retailers recognize the profit potential of catering to plus-size customers.

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rules about weight usually aren't discrimination issues, they're safety or size allotment issues

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are also educating one another about how to improve overweight people's health.

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not being a lardass might be a good first step

People are idiots. I am getting really tired of people making fat people out to be the norm. It is not healthy and not normal.

My view on this issue has changed a little bit.

I have been trying to lose the last 10 pounds I want to for at least a year now.

I can't seem to. No matter how much I diet, exercise, etc, it just doesn't come off.

The first bit of fat is easy to lose and everyone who tries should be able to do it. I lost the first 10 withing two months before I got married.

But, the last bit can be difficult to lose.

Yes, I do believe there are fatty's who sit around and do nothing, and probably a large portion of them, but not all fatties are lazy as hell. Some do try and find it hard to drop the weight.

CDUB, there is a huge difference between 10 extra pounds and 100 extra pounds.

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It is not healthy and not normal.

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wapa, it is not healthy, but in America today, it is quite the norm.

90, to be exact.

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the movement is beginning to amass some victories

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NA, I wholly agree, I'm merely stating that sometimes it is not as easy to work off as it may seem.

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NA, I wholly agree

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Did CDUB really just say this?

shut up Quantum

It may be normal for our culture but it is not normal or right for the body. That is what I meant.

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Did CDUB really just say this?

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Perhaps pigs flying explains the international swine flu outbreak.

cdub you cant compare

come on man you are a fit dude...everyone has a bit of body fat



we're talking about people that weigh 250+ lbs (and are not 6'5 freaks of nature)

that weight can be lost with a little self discipline...it wont be easy whatsoever...it'll take a lot of sweating, pain, and meal control, but it can be done.
the problem is these fatsoes are ok with stuffing their faces daily with a tub of lard while sitting down during the entire time they are awake
they have a problem and dont want to face it because the solution is "too difficult" it takes work...people want everything to come easy nowadays

What makes this different from other civil issues is that people CHOOSE to be fat.

And its not hard to lose weight. Its like going to college. How bad do you want it?

precisely right phi

gambo, I'm not talking about the lardass who sits around stuffing their face with cheeseburgers.

I am talking about the few who are trying, but can't seem to do it.

I guess I have a small amount of sympathy for them now.

You should be applauding this small spark of compassion I have discovered in my life!!!