<p>I think it's disgusting how 'fat' people wear mini skirts and skin-tight shirts that show their fat rolls. This is worst on young people. Older people are excusable as long as they dress modestly.</p>
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if they are eating candy and drinking whole fat milk and eating pizza then respect goes to the extreme low point.
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<p>well would you lack respect for somebody like me who is in excellent shape (im a 3 sport athlete) but still has horrible eating habits? i eat candy and drink whole fat milk and eat pizza and hamburgers and ice cream and anything as long as it tastes good (although i am trying to eat healthier because i feel better when i do). it's not fair to be so mean to overweight people because a lot of times people are just born that way. yea they can change it, but so what? just leave people do whatever they want with their own life.</p>
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An interesting article on fat people -
You're fat and disgusting. Cover up.
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<p>i love the articles that guy writes :)</p>
<p>Yep to be completely honest.</p>
<p>i'm incredibly muscular and a hottie, so all fat people make me want to vomit</p>
<p>discuss.</p>
<p>fat people dont repulse me</p>
<p>obese people do, especially when they think their thin and walk around in short shorts and bikini tops.</p>
<p>They physically repulse me; however, that's not to say I am repulsed on a more "mental" level.</p>
<p>The worst thing is when a fat person has kids that are 5 years old and already fat. Doomed for life. Cook a real dinner, and make your kids go outside, you lazy buffoon.</p>
<p>Sometimes there really <em>is</em> more to the issue than self-control. For YEARS my father dealt with an extremely underactive thyroid. He was ~15 lbs overweight. Still, he biked no less than 50 miles every weekend (even now, when he's approaching 50!), hasn't touched ice cream in years, and gave up bread entirely. Still, until his doctors FINALLY realized what was wrong and got his meds right, he couldn't lose the weight.</p>
<p>I know, I know, "thyroid problems" are the new hot excuse, but it really does happen. If you've ever seen someone with real thyroid problems, you'd know it was real. I've seen my father shivering under a down comforter in 90 degree heat because he couldn't, physically couldn't, get warm. I've seen him exhausted, even after sleeping for more than 14 hours, because his hormones were so out of whack. </p>
<p>Sometimes, being overweight is a genuine medical concern. How about learning why someone is packing a few extra pounds before you label them "lazy" and decide that they have no self control. Honestly, have a little tact.</p>
<p>Yes, some overweight people may have medical excuses. No, that number does not even come close to the 80% or so of overweight Americans.</p>
<p>The sight of fat people displeases me; a fat face has a monstrous uniformity that mars delicacy and beauty.. there is nothing aesthetically attractive about them, male or female. I am not presumptuous enough to judge anyone given only their body fat percentage - what disgusts me the most, though, are fat people who do nothing to change their conditions. In middle-school I myself was overweight.. and yes, my metabolism leaves much to wish for. I did not, however, blame my problems on that one genetic flaw and continue to stuff myself. I realized I would have a slightly tougher route to a six-pack than so many others, and used that as motivation.</p>
<p>Unless you have a severe medical condition, metabolism only makes for so much. It is up to you to mobilize your lard and free yourself from the mountain of excess you have become. If you choose indulgence over discipline, that is your prerogative; it is not, however, then fair for you to decry others for failing to find you attractive. Lack of self-discipline is hardly the most flattering trait.</p>
<p>"150 pounds for a full-grown 5' 6" woman is perfectly healthy"</p>
<p>No, thats extremely fat and disgusting. A 5' 6" man should only be 142 lbs. How should a woman of similar height weigh more?</p>
<p>I wouldn't date a boy who is fat, but I'm also not into the whole muscle thing. you can't control what body type you're attracted to</p>
<p>one thing that annoys me though is on america's next top model when the tyra is talking to the plus size models and is like: I know that being a size 6 is a really big challenge</p>
<p>The day I made my post, we got the new TIME magazine. It's called "Our Super-Sized Kids", and talks about how genetics and diet are not the only factors to the "obesity epidemic". For those of you who would be interested in a good, general explanation for how lifestyle affects our society's health, then I recommend that you look it up.</p>
<p>Actually, collegehopeful78, that is NOT "extremely fat and disgusting" for a woman of 5' 6". I'd say that it might be a little overweight, but not what you say it is. And for a 5' 6" man to weigh only 142 pounds implies that he has very little muscle, and is extremely thin.</p>
<p>Weight should not be a factor in judging how healthy a person is anymore. Two people can weigh the same, but one might have more muscle while the other person is made up mostly of fat. Muscle weighs more than fat, so someone who weighs a lot of pounds isn't necessarily unhealthy.</p>
<p>^ yes and that's why I the average girl is challenged. ^^</p>
<p>I don't have anything against people that are overweight, as long as they don't choose to wear really short skirts or tops.
And real fat people repulse me. I don't want to sound superficial or anything but anytime I see a really obese person I am a bit disgusted. I just can't understand how some people can actually eat that much food.
(of course not every fat person is a greedy pig, but that what you mostly assume when seeing a fat person. )</p>
<p>Sorry but when most 6 feet men are in the 160-180 lb range a 150 lb 5'6" woman looks disgusting. Btw thats a BMI of close to 25 and since its a woman it means there is more fat than a man with a similar BMI.</p>
<p>People who are delightfully plump, I really don't mind.</p>
<p>But really fat people kinda gross me out.</p>
<p>This is why fat people exist. Society is trying to tell girls its ok to 5'6" and weight 150 lbs. Its almost acceptable to be this big. It shouldn't be.</p>
<p>@ collegehopeful78: Yes, that may be the case, but you should never use BMI to estimate how "fat" someone is because it can easily mistake a muscular woman for an obese one.</p>
<p>And isn't a woman judged to be obese when her BMI is over 30? It's different for men and women, you said so yourself. So 25 would not be horribly "disgusting" as you imagine.</p>
<p>PS: There's a difference between 5' 6" girls and 5' 6" women. Try being below 150 after giving birth to a couple of children.</p>
<p>Most women are not muscular enough to pull of 150 lbs when 5'6". THat in itself would look bad as well.</p>
<p>collegehopeful, a 5' 6" woman with a medium frame is supposed to be 135-150 lbs. 150 is NOT overweight. </p>
<p>Part of the problem with our society, besides the obesity epidemic, is that our views of what "normal" weight and over-weight (NOT obese) are greatly skewed. For example, I always thought that I was in the healthy weight range, and perhaps even a bit chunky. Then my doctor told me to gain weight. I am 5' 11", medium frame, 140 lbs. Apparently, I'm supposed to weigh at LEAST 150, but I have people telling me that I'm fat. </p>
<p>Do fat people repulse me? Yes, people who are morbidly obese and can barely fit in their cars and are going to McDonald's to order three big Macs. But, what repulses me even more is when I see people who are perfectly healthy (and yes, healthy means being a bit round) and people telling them they are fat.</p>
<p>Her BMI would be leaning towards overweight. At 155 or 156 lbs she would be overweight. The BMI should be around 2-22. 24.4 is pushing it.</p>