The uproar over the cadishness of self-appointed Wisconsin body monitor Kenneth Krause and the expanding groundswell of support for Jennifer Livingston, the anchorwoman he wronged, has obscured a couple of basic truths.
The first one is, fat is not good.
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Obesity is fast becoming the 'norm' for U.S. citizens, which is the reason too many people try to convince themself that it is 'healthy.' It is not. Nor is it attractive. Rolls of blubber belong on whales.
so wait until "they" (meaning the Republicans) come after what ever it is that your are into ---- birth control, smoking, alcohol, gambling, whatever --- their version of health care won't cover you!
I have only seen this photo of this woman, but she's not obscenely overweight. She seems a bit plump and that is hardly cause for "concern". I don't think anyone has the right to comment on someone else's body--no one knows what someone else is going through. This woman's size does not seem to be great enough to warrant any faux health concerns--if she has any health problems related to her size, it seems like she's be easily able to correct them. As a woman who has an extremely common hormonal condition and gains weight extremely easily the minute I can't get to the gym, the idea that random people could decide to comment on my own personal body and health disgusts me. This woman has a right to do her job like anyone else, and if that involves being on TV, good for her. You don't know what her underlying physiological make up is, you don't know what she eats, you don't know how much she exercises, and you don't know if she's working with her doctor to treat medical or behavioral problems. The argument that it's hard to fat so she shouldn't be "promoting" it to young people is completely absurd. Kids bully fat kids because their parents teach them to. Stop commenting on people's bodies and it won't be hard anymore. This whole culture we have of feeling entitled to constantly evaluate other people's bodies is sickening--and seems to focus primarily on women. I can tell you one thing, if men had to deal with all the changes and hormonal inbalances and natural weight gain and other problems that women do we'd live in a much better society. The bottom line is mind your own business.
People have the freedome to live as they choose. However, when it is costing me money I get a say in it. Obesity is driving up the cost of healthcare, hugely! My medical insurance costs me more because so many people are over-weight and a burden to the treatment system. Why do I have to pay for their life choices?