Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

And the post you just quoted gave an example of perceived "explanations" and "excuses."

Thanks for answering. Education and outreach are important.

I don't know why you're stuck on whose business it is (LOL). The individual-level aggregates to society-level so it all eventually becomes society's business if it culminates to social problems that are correlated with other social problems.

Because the article, and your original post, weren't dealing with societal level outreach and education. It was talking about determining whether a reason for weight gain is acceptable or not and talking about body shame. It's neither society nor an individual's position to shame someone for his/her body and the idea that there are unacceptable reasons for being overweight feeds that. Even if Joe Scmoe says he's "just big boned." I'm going to guess odds are he's aware of other reasons for his weight and feels compelled to make a socially acceptable "excuse." That's the effects of body shaming.

I'm sorry I'm not taking the conversation in the direction you wanted it to go, but I am only responding to what you put out there.