I don’t think making people feel guilty about something that they may not be able to control is helpful
Unfortunately, if someone fat shamed me it would cause me to feel bad about myself and try to loose weight. Sometimes I just feel that other people (like my parents) “are right” when they tell me to loose weight so I do it…
I think some countries do this though don’t they. Like in Japan they will openly tease you about your weight in front of everyone.
No it increases anxiety leading to more eating. If fat shaming does anything it makes a person more likely to commit suicide.
Fat shaming is a terrible thing to do to people
I think it can lead to eating disorders which might
in turn lead to weight loss, at least in the short term.
I would imagine so. Being ashamed of my alcoholism helped me sober up and helps keep me sober.
They are slim, medium and big people. Certain diseases can’t helped. Shaming and blaming doesn’t help.
Nah man ive been fat shamed a â– â– â– â– ton and all I got was an eating disorder, body image issues, and constant anxiety about my weight, food, and how I look. I cant even lose the damn weight I hate it.
People who fat shame people because they think it helps should be subjected to f*cking idiot shame .
I got bullied at school for being a chubby kid and ended up bulimic. I don’t agree with fat shaming and don’t think it works and it’s hurtful to people.
I’ve been fat shamed my entire life. It only ever caused me to eat more, because I eat to cope with my emotions, as do a lot of people.
There are better ways to motivate someone than through bullying. Bullying never worked on me to quit alcohol or cigarettes, and it never worked on me to lose weight.
What did work was hitting rock bottom, but it has to be a conscious choice to want to change, you cant force someone to want to change.
I’m fat and I been shamed my whole life and I’m still fat 
Nobody has shamed me except me.
So, being all like “it’s okay to be fat” will somehow compel a fat person to lose weight?
The fat acceptance movement was never about claiming that being fat is healthy, at least originally. Sure, there are extremists, but at its core, the fat acceptance movement is about preventing people from being discriminated against just because they’re big. Like, people are less likely to get jobs and shĂt for being overweight. And I’m not talking, oh, this job requires a bunch of moving around and you’re morbidly obese and won’t be successful. No, I’m talking office jobs where you’re sitting down all day and shĂt. And the bottom line is that people’s health and weight is, quite frankly, none of your business. You don’t just walk up to strangers and try to “help” them lose weight. You don’t know what’s going on with people, anyhow. As far as you know, homegirl’s already lost 100lbs…
Bottom line? Fat people know that they’re fat. We don’t need random strangers coming up and trying to offer their “support” when we didn’t ask for it.
Theres a difference between promoting something as okay and healthy and going out of your way to shame someone. Its nobody’s business how much I weigh. It is MY choice to do something about it and I don’t need comments from the peanut gallery telling me what I should or shouldn’t do. That’s a conversation for me and my health team, not some a-hole down the street who thinks it’s okay to call me fat.
Obesity is a problem, but putting people down for any problem they have does not work. I dont care if its drugs, food, or porn. The way to get someone better is through supporting them and helping them make healthier choices, not by calling them names.
i feel like shaming would make the person more insecure and depressed which is how some peoples possible eating disorders get worse, imo fat shaming does the opposite of what the person doing it may think
I’m the same way. No one cares what weight I am but I just want to lose no matter what