Obesity

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Creating a new thread so as not to hijack the Raven Symone thread:

A friend of mine and I were having this discussion on Friday night. With restaurant portions getting bigger and bigger, obesity is a big problem in America and can lead to heart disease and death. If you have a friend that smokes, it is considered socially responsible and acceptable to tell that person to quit, yet if you have a friend who's obese (not overweight but obese), if you tell that person that (s)he needs to lose some weight for medical reasons, then you are being insulting and a bad friend. Do you think this will change? If you were obese, would you want your friends to tell you to do something about it? Discuss.

Do you honestly think an obese person doesn't know they're overweight? Of course they do! They don't need anyone telling them. Telling them "as a friend" is very hurtful. If it were easy to lose weight, they would do it. Nobody likes being overweight.

Same as smoking. Smokers know it's bad for them, and they know they should quit, but it's very, very difficult.

My friend Mary has tried numerous times to quit smoking. I hate what it's doing to her, but as a friend, I can only be there for support. It's her decision, and her body. I'm there for moral support when she asks for it.