10 Very Unpopular Facts About Fat People
Sadly, I’m braced for a lot of hate
I’ve been writing in defence of fat people for a little over a year now. One of the things that saddens me the most is how much hate people are prepared to spew out. It seems that people are happy to believe fat people aren’t human beings, deserve no respect and that their fatness is all their own fault. This. Is. Crap.
So here are my ten unpopular facts about fat people. Brace yourselves!
1) Fatness is not the person’s fault
People can quote “calories in, calories out” until the cows come home, but the fact is weight is a much more complex issue. It is affected by gender, genetics, geography, economics, medical conditions, medications and past history of trauma.
Two people of identical heights could eat identical diets, and their weights would be different.
2) Diets don’t work
Speaking of unpopular facts about fat people, when I posted my article listing scientific studies that proved weight-loss diets are ineffective in 95% of cases, people lined up to tell me it had worked for them. That’s great for them. However, I didn’t say weight-loss diets never work. I said they don’t work 95% of the time and that those who try often…
