Blog Post #8: Anti-Fat Acceptance

Why can't society just accept fat people for who they are? They're human beings too. They have feelings and emotions, but, they have different body size compared to most of the people we always see in our everyday life. Since they also feel the way we feel, if they are judged, criticized, teased, and bullied, they become so emotional that sometimes lead them to have depression, anxiety, stress, etc. and their stress can become stress-eating so they will become fatter! Being fat, overweight, or obese is very stressful not only for people who are truly fat, but also to those who feel like they're fat even though they are literally not. For those who are 'truly fat' and 'feeling fat', they have something in common when they encounter the word 'acceptance'. Most of the obese people find it very difficult to lose weight and cope up with their current body size. Some think it would be better if the society will just accept fat people for who they are and for what body size they have so, they invented a community where every fat people in the world is accepted and understood- and that is the 'Fat Acceptance movement'.

The first event of Fat Acceptance movement started in New York City in 1967. After that event, there comes an organization which was called the National Association For The Advancement of Fat People (NAAFA). Then, the NAAFA was followed by the Fat Underground in 1980's. And today, there are now several fat acceptance groups online typically found in social media. Many obese people now who want justice for fat discrimination joined the fat acceptance movement. They joined such groups simply because like the pro-ana and pro-mia, these certain kinds of people want to have a big family where they are wholly accepted and understood, they want to be a part of a large community who are struggling to fight for their rights in the society, and they want to change people's minds and opinions about them. But, obviously, there are many people who disagree with the fat acceptance. Some think that fat acceptance is a ridiculous, unacceptable, and a 'bullshit' idea.

I read an article entitled Fit Pride Isn't Hate Speech written by Maria Kang from the site ideas.time.com. The author of the article Maria Kang is a freelance writer and founder of Fitness Without Borders, so she is an advocate of fitness and a healthy lifestyle. In her article, Maria says, "In the age of Photoshop, plastic surgery and celebrity idolatry, it seems women are constantly debating what is considered a "real" woman. And, as I found out recently when I posted a picture of myself looking fit and healthy in workout clothes with my three sons (playfully asking the question "Whats your excuse?"), apparently I don't count."

Maria Kang posted a picture of herself in Facebook wearing workout clothes together with her three sons. She posted that picture because she was encouraging fat women to also post pictures of themselves only wearing bikinis. Her intention for posting that was to say that 'being overweight is normal'.  But, Facebook banned her temporarily and even shut down her account for almost three days because she had supposedly violated the site's term of service- after a number of users flagged her post as a damaging and offensive post for fat acceptance. And also, someone said that her post is a "hate speech". In her article, she well-written her own view about her issue. She was disturbed about today's culture for labeling a disliked speech as something hateful. For her, she was asking that since the fat-acceptance movement is growing, should the promotion for 'fit pride' and a healthy and fit body should be countervailed? Another statement from her article, she said that 'being overweight is now normal; being at a healthy weight is not.' She asked if one's body defines how healthy he/she is, and she answered "not always but in most circumstances yes". She said that according to a study, "metabolically, healthy obese participants had a higher risk of dying earlier or having heart-related problems than those who were normal weight and also metabolically healthy." 

"When people shame fit and healthy individuals for perpetuating an "unattainable" body image, they're also dismissing the real health benefits that fit bodies represent. After all, healthy people breed healthy children, and healthy children create a healthier future. Why shouldn't that be celebrated?" Maria Kang says. 

To summarize what Maria Kang wants to say in her article, she quite disagree with the fat-acceptance movement because of the hazardous effects of it in our health. She was also disturbed and irritated about the people today who don't understand the good intention she wants to convey to them specifically to the fat people. Some fat people could have hated her because she has a physically fit body, that's why some labelled her post as a hate speech. For the site Facebook, they banned her because Facebook thought that she hates fat people and the fat acceptance movement. But for her, she was shocked to know today's standard for being healthy and as an advocate of fitness, she still wants to see fat women who are stepping out of their shadows just to show to the world that they can be successful in attaining fit and healthy bodies. She also wants to say that all women are "real" women and they should be proud of themselves.

The second article I read is entitled Unacceptably Fat by Jim Goad from the site takimag.com. Jim Goad says, "The results are in: fat people overeat because our fat-fearing society "fat-shames" them, which then causes them to overeat. This doesn't explain how they got in the first place, but let's not get picky."

In his article, Jim Goad talked about a new study called "The ironing effects of weight stigma" from the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. The study said that, "Exposure to weight-stigmatizing news article caused self-perceived overweight women, but not women who did not perceive themselves as overweight, to consume more calories and feel less capable of controlling their eating than exposure to non-stigmatizing articles." Simply saying, women who feel they have been discriminated against based on their weight are prone to put on some pounds. He also said in his article that some of the people who are members in fat acceptance movement deny the health risks of being fat. He mentioned that the CDC claims that being a porker increases one's risk of heart disease, liver disease, gallbladder disease, diabetes, stroke, breast and colon cancer, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. According to a 2006 study, Obesity is clearly associated with increased risk for mortality and it's also called "morbid" obesity or as called by children "deathfat". 

"What I don't understand is that if you're truly A-OK with being fat, why would you need "acceptance" from others? ... The fact the you appear to need my acceptance only makes me think you don't accept yourself, which in turn makes me less likely to accept you. Why can't you accept that?" Jim Goad says.

According to the author, he found fat acceptance movement unacceptable because aside from the many health risks that an obese person can get from his/her own obesity, people who are overweight or obese blame the people who had fat-shamed them. They usually blame them as the reason for their overeating. The author doesn't want to accept fat people if they force him to accept them for their size and for their personality because he thinks that fat people don't need an acceptance from the society if they already accepted the way they look and if they already knew the reasons why were they fat.

The third article that I read is entitled Size Matters: Oh, the horror written by Tasha Fierce from the site bitchmagazine.org. Tasha Fierce said, "Continuing the conversation about respecting and accepting fatness as a choice, I thought I'd examine some of the reaction to a recent sensationalist story about a fat woman in New Jersey named Donna Simpson, who expressed her fantasy of adding 385 lbs. to her current 604 pound weight in order to be named in the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest woman alive." 

Tasha was struck about the cognitive dissonance of the commenters on the thread on a NY post article about the issue. Some said that they had supported her goal to be the heaviest woman alive. Others acted concerned for her health and for the welfare of her daughter. While others are disgusted and often would express a desire to see her dead. The author mentioned a question, what is it about this woman's acceptance of herself at such a large size that triggers such emotional response? Other, smaller fat people also expressed disgust at her size and many stated that they were fat but would "never give up trying" to lose weight. Fat people are attempting to get skinny but in the case of Donna Simpson she never attempt to lose weight but instead to put more weight. 

"The drama over Donna Simpson is less about health and more about choice- respecting the choices others make for their own bodies and protecting the right to make that choice and not be penalized for it by society." Tasha Fierce says.

For Donna Simpson, she has some good points why she wants to be in the Guinness Book of World Record. I think she really fantasizes to be 1000 lbs, she loves to eat, she is not dissatisfied with her body, and she enjoys her body. Although, she knew to herself that she has a binge-eating disorder, she's suicidal and she has a lot of health problems, she still pursues her dream. For Tasha, I think she respects the choice of Donna because Donna is enjoying the body and life that she has. But, for me, it's also okay to have a strong fighting spirit if you want to be the heaviest woman alive. The only problem for me is that, if other fat people would know about her goal, they might admire her and maybe someday in the future, fat people will also be competing with one another in order to be heavier than her, and if that happens, I can't imagine how will the world would weigh about.

As we can observe in our society today, the population of fat and obese people are increasing and their kind is becoming stronger and more confident because of the emergence of the fat acceptance movement organizations and online groups. They are becoming powerful in a way that they have been forcing other people to accept them, to not hurt them in personal or in social media, to not fat-shame them, and to respect the choice that they want to remain fat until they die. Many fat people now are overreacting and becoming compulsive when it comes to their rights and acceptance in the society. And because of that, they are making other people discriminate and criticize them more instead of respecting and understanding them. 

Blog Post #7: Anti-ana

Pro-ana as a short form for pro-anorexia is a term for people who think that it’s their choice to have an eating disorder. There are Pro-ana websites where people are talking about their own tips on ‘how to be thinner’ or ‘how to have anorexia nervosa’, and these sites are more common in women. Seriously, are these pro-ana websites encouraging people to have eating disorders? Or are they just supporting and giving love and acceptance for people who have anorexia? From the point of view of pro-ana sites, they don’t encourage people to develop an eating disorder. They said that it is a person’s choice to go into those kinds of online community. They are just offering a place where a person’s condition is wholly accepted and understood if she is not being treated the way she wants. But, from the opinion of other people, they think that pro-ana is unacceptable because it can affect many teenage girls and younger children to be thin or have anorexia nervosa than to have a healthy body.

Franca Sozzani (right) editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia

There may be a lot of people who are against pro-ana because of the obviousness that it is not a healthy lifestyle choice to be adapted by people especially women. There is an article I had read entitled Vogue campaign takes on pro-anorexia websites written by John Hooper from the site theguardian.com wherein the author wrote about the Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani who launched a petition calling for law against sites that promote eating disorder.

“There are thousands of these sites and blogs which don’t just support this evil, but push young people into competition over the physical shape,” said Franca Sozzani.

In Franca’s blog, in which she announced a petition calling for legislation to close down such sites, she said that pro-ana sites should prove a kind of open confessional and support for those who are unable to carry on by themselves along a road can only lead to death. The Vogue editor-in-chief are really against pro-ana because of a tragic consequence last November 2007, wherein a French model named Isabelle Caro had died at the age of 28 because of anorexia nervosa. It is also not Vogue’s first campaign in the area of eating disorder. In 2009, the Editor of Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, had written to designers accusing them of sending fashion magazines smaller garments for photo-shoots, thus forcing them to hire models with jutting bones and no breasts or lips. Some commentators criticized Vogue’s publication because they argue that those models’ images were the reason for the spread of anorexia, bulimia, and similar disorders.

“Sozzani said fashion devotees failed to understand that “models in most cases are naturally slender because they are still very young and not yet fully developed.” John Hooper said.

What I think Sozzani wants for young people to know about pro-ana is that Anorexia is a harmful activity and she doesn’t encourage this activity. She doesn’t want to see young girls developing an eating disorder and considering those conditions as their friend. She also wants to ban Pro-Ana’s thinspiration advices like, “tape/tack up pictures of your favorite models and always carry one around with you. When you are hungry, pull out the picture.” Sozzani said that most models are naturally-born slender so girls don’t need to have eating disorder like anorexia nervosa if they want to be like their supermodel idols. 

There is another article I read wherein the writer talked about a campaign for anti-anorexia, this article is entitled Powerful anti-anorexia ad campaign tells women 'you are not a sketch' using models with fashion illustration proportions written by a daily mail reporter from dailymail.co.uk. The writer wrote, "Star models, a modeling agency based in Brazil has released a graphic new anti-anorexia ad campaign, using Photoshop to turn models into life-size fashion illustrations."  

The ads which run with a tag line saying 'Say not to anorexia' showed fashion illustrations with exaggerated proportions next to a model wearing the same outfits and the same measurements. The graphic ad-campaign has been used to as a powerful ad which is hopeful that it will send an effective anti-anorexia message against thinspiration blogs and pro-anorexia websites. A commentator named Adam Green liked the ads because according to him they address the issue that anorexia seemed to stem from the inability for people to distinguish reality from fiction. Another one named Liz Osborne-Leavell said that it sends a powerful message because it's a literal visualization of what the fashion industry sets the standards at. However, one commenter wrote, 'Unfortunately I think some women could look to these images for thinspiration'. Another one stated 'It is a good campaign for young girls who have not yet succumbed to the thin culture of our country, but for those who are already truly anorexic, these models are their goal'.

"I've seen models regularly in magazines as thin as the ones shown in this ad. Nothing is going to change until models who are not skeleton thin are hired and photographed in fashion magazines and fashion shows." one commentator said. 

The graphic ad is a brilliant idea to promote anti-anorexia but I don't think that it will be very powerful for those people who are in the pro-ana community. Like what the other commentator said, they will find this ad as an inspiration rather than a warning. They will think that they might look better if their bodies are like sketch of models. And for the last commentator who said that he had seen many models in magazines who are as thin like the sketch, I somewhat agree to his statement that nothing is going to change if models in fashion magazines and fashion shows are still like skeleton thin. They should now start hiring models that are not anorexic and naturally thin. 

Pro-ana and pro-mia sites are only accessible in the Internet and Social media is one of its hosts. From the thousands of people who are now having pleasure in Social media, I don't think think at no one never see any pictures and images when they are opening their accounts. They always see a lot of pictures from these social media and those who have anorexia nervosa may find images and quotes that can be helpful for them, they may be looking for thinspiration for those who wants to join pro-ana or recovery quotes for those who don't want to be anorexic anymore. I read an article entitled Social media sites need to do more to eliminate pro-anorexia messages, but they aren't behind the rise in eating disorder by Ilona Burton from the site independent.co.uk, Ilona says "It may sound far-fetched to hear that a bunch of photographs blogged and hash-tagged alongside 'motivational' quotes on social websites aimed at young people are actually easily accessible breeding grounds for a whole host of dangerous beliefs and behaviors such as starvation, depression, loneliness, self-harm and suicidal ideation, but sadly, it's true".

Ilona Burton is not talking about catwalk models or airbrushed celebrities and some slogans saying 'Nothing tastes like skinny feels', she wants to talk about the emaciated bodies on the brink of death. For many, social websites are the only place that young people feel they can openly express the way they feel, where they can gain immediate acceptance and support; it's a safe place for them but sometimes it can be extremely addictive. The Independent on Sunday revealed that number of children and teenagers seeking help for eating disorders has risen by 110 percent in the past three years. The headline attributed this dramatic increase to the social media, but there is no scapegoat for eating disorders. There is no one person, group of people, movement, motion or thing at which they we can point the figure and say "That's why this happens" or "This is why the numbers are increasing". It belittles those who suffer from the fact that an eating disorder is a mental illness and a deadly one. In 2012, some leading social media platform took action against pro-anorexia and pro self-harm. Instagram says "Any account found encouraging or urging users to embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders... will result in a disabled account with a warning." Facebook says "Facebook takes threats of self-harm very seriously. We remove any promotion or encouragement or eating disorders." Aside from Instagram and Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr also participated in the anti-anorexia.

"In the main, they have each failed miserably. Part of the problem is that if one hashtag is blocked, another similar shortened or misspelled version appears and the same material is replicated there instead. The alternative hashtag will be listed alongside those that are accepted and bam, it grows into its own." Burton says.

Many people wants to inspire others so they like to share something substantial to the public. In Instagram, people upload their photos and put hashtag captions with it. But, according to Burton's opinion, she have realized that Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, etc. have miserably failed to communicate to the social media users the dark side of eating disorders. She said that in Instagram, although #thinspiration and #pro-ana will be blocked in the public, there will be a chance for naughty people to make an alternative hashtag, shortened or misspelled versions for it. Therefore, pro-anorexia will still remain in the social media.

Pro-anorexia is becoming widely-known and they are continually influencing teenagers because of social factors like fashion magazines, fashion shows, and the social media. Fashion magazine's editor-in-chief, article writers, commentators, and social media users are bashing and sharing their best comments and reactions for pro-anorexia. Although, a lot of people are against pro-ana community, other people think that is hard to eliminate them especially in the social media because of the adamant people involved in those kind of community, but it doesn't mean that those people who are against will give up to fight for their arguments. If you don't want to live in a place where all of the people you see are like skeleton thin, then don't try to be a pro-ana but instead be someone that can change a pro-ana.

Blog Post #6: Fat Acceptance Movement

Do you have a friend who is very fat, overweight or obese? Do you always criticize his/her fatness? Is he/she aware of his/her disproportional body? If he/she is being teased and bullied by many people, is it fine for him/her? Does he/she feel discriminated? Does he/she accept that he/she is fat and doesn't want to diet and exercise anymore? Normally, people who are overweight or obese are being teased unlike people who are very thin. Since then, it is a reality in our society that most of the people glamorized thin and skinny people than fat and overweight people. They think that being obese is unhealthy and doesn't look good unlike skinny girls who look gorgeous in any clothes they wear, more attractive, and are idolized and less discriminated. If that will always be the stereotype in our society, I don’t think that all of the people will be happy with their lives. There are still a large percentage of people who don’t agree with the fat discrimination, and obviously these people are comprised by people who are fat, overweight, and obese. These people are making movements and organizations so that their struggles will soon to end.

Are you aware that fat people have also an organization wherein they want their body sizes to be accepted and not discriminated anymore? Yes, there is. This organization is called the “Fat Acceptance Movement”. I read an article entitled The Fat-Acceptance Movement by Dan Fletcher from the site content.time.com, Fletcher wrote, “Amid all the other tumult, causes and revolutions of the 1960’s- race, sex, war, feminism- the fight of the fat is a historical footnote. But America’s overweight had their cause too. When hippies started staging “be-ins” to protest the Vietnam War, the first fat-activists co-opted the idea: they staged their own event in New York City’s Central Park, dubbed it a “Fat-in” and ate ice cream while burning posters of über-thin model Twiggy.”

 

On July 31, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is celebrating its 40^th anniversary in Washington. NAAFA is an all-volunteer group comprises 11,000 members nationwide. Critics say that NAAFA which opposes dieting and weight-loss surgery is an apologist for an unhealthy lifestyle. But NAAFA says that it does no such thing, that there are some people who are just bigger and no less deserving of the same rights as everyone else. NAAFA started in 1969 in New York City, although it was originally called the National Association to Aid Fat Americans, Engineer Bill Fabrey had tired of the discrimination his overweight wife faced and started the group as an advocated for big-boned. But NAAFA remained at the periphery for years, prompting some members to argue for a more confrontational approach. NAAFA’s public-relations director, Peggy Howell said that her group doesn't encourage anyone to lead an unhealthy lifestyle but recognizes that some people weight loss isn't possible. A 2008 Yale University suggests weight discrimination is now as prevalent as race or gender discrimination, a trend Howell says is unacceptable.

“As a citizen of the U.S., just because I carry more weight on my back doesn't mean I should have any fewer rights than anyone else.” Howell says.

The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is the first organization which opposes dieting and weight-loss surgery. They oppose dieting because they know that there are some overweight people who are having hard time losing weight. There are also overweight people who are big-boned and are genetically born in a family of obese. But, the main advocacy of the NAAFA is that people who are bigger and have more weight on their backs shouldn’t have fewer rights than anyone else. They just want to protect their rights and improve the quality of life for fat people. They also work to eliminate discrimination based on body size and change fat discrimination to fat acceptance.

Americans are the only people who are informed about the fat acceptance since the organizations for fat people had started in their country. Although it started in America, the Fat Acceptance movement encourages other fat people from other countries to join other organizations via their websites. There are also bloggers and article writers who had started the issue of fat acceptance. For those people who don’t fully understand and are not quite agreeing with the Fat Acceptance movement, there is an interesting article I read. The article is entitled 6 Things I don’t understand About the Fat Acceptance Movement written by Carolyn Hall from the site thoughtcatalog.com. Carolyn Hall said, “I am by no means of health nut, but health has always been relatively important to me and my family. I've lived outside the country, and seen the way the other cultures deal with weight and body, but right now I’m based on U.S... I wouldn't say I’m an extremist about anything body or health-related, but there are certain things about this movement I genuinely don’t understand.”

Carolyn Hall is an American woman who is recently familiar with the Fat Acceptance movement via blogs and online articles. The first thing that she wrote is that America is extremely accepting of fat. America is exceptional in its general permissiveness about obesity and ill-health. Because of the 60 percent obesity in certain cities in America, it is really normal for the country to accept fat people. They also basically ensure that people will be fat and are tolerant of the lifestyle choices that surround them. The second thing Carolyn said is about the idea of body positivity. She said that being positive about the way you look is not enough, you should also be positive and proactive about your health and well-being. She is against of body positivity because of the obvious ill effects of obesity. The third is about the idea of “Health at every size”. “Health at every size” is a big part of the Fat Acceptance movement which advocates for a focus on healthy living, and not on body image. Carolyn argued because according to her, physically, we cannot be healthy at literally any size, and sparing someone’s feelings on the matter is not going to address their immediate medical concerns. Next thing she said is about people who are allowed to not be attracted to certain body types. It was a weird part for her because the focus on getting obese people to be seen as attractive seems misguided and she said that people are attracted to certain body types. For her fifth argument, she doesn't agree with Fat Acceptance movement not focusing on the very real problem that a huge number people in their country overeat in a dangerous way. And lastly, she really doesn't accept childhood obesity. 

“Feeding children constant junk food, letting them be sedentary, or giving them sugary sodas instead of water is something that we need to be judging harshly as a society.” Carolyn Hall says.

From all the six things that she doesn't understand about the Fat Acceptance movement, I certainly agree to all her arguments. First, America is a country wherein there are a lot of overweight people because of the abundance of high-calorie but delicious foods, so if there are many fat people, they should be really accepting them. About body positivity, I don’t also agree that an obese person with health complications like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease should still be thinking positive; he should be now consciously thinking for her health. On her fourth argument, it’s kind of ridiculous to be now seeing obese people as attractive. Some of them are attractive but, they will be less judged if they could lose their fats. For her last statement, I also don’t want to see parents who are making their children fat by eating unhealthy foods because if their children become teenagers, I guarantee that all of them will be body conscious and might have eating disorders.  

Some people had read Carolyn Hall’s article about the six things that she doesn't understand about Fat Acceptance movement. Some of them had agreed but others want to correct the things that she misunderstood about it while some have their own argument. One of those is an article entitled 6 Things I Understand About the Fat Acceptance movement written by Jes Baker from the site huffingtonpost.com. Jes Baker is an American woman who is involved in the Body Advocacy movement and also a mental health professional. According to her, she is a logical, intelligent, and critically thinking blogger who wants to explain to Carolyn Hall and the rest of the world the six things that are often misunderstood about the “fat acceptance” movement. She had an introduction of, “All bodies -- large, small and everything in between -- pay dearly for the negativity in which fat bodies are perceived. Why? Because as long as we demonize a body shape (any body shape) there will always be a fearful comparison. And the fearful comparison will inevitably breed all forms of hatred; both internally and externally. We will never be able to embrace our bodies as a diverse society as long as negative body messages exist. So yeah, we're going to be talking about the "social deviants" of the body world, but this discussion is applicable to us all.”

If you could remember Carolyn’s first argument that ‘America is extremely accepting of fat’, Jes said that it was easy for her to say something like that although they are both Americans. According to Jes, there are tons of researches conducted by scientists, doctors, and social scientists that can prove that fat people are paid less money than their thin counterparts, that fat people receive sub-par medical care because of fat bias, that fat people are stigmatized and stereotyped in the media and that fat students are often not accepted to college or bullied by their educators. Secondly, Jes doesn't quite agree with the body positivity. Since she is involved in a Body Advocacy movement, she had trained many fat women who weighed 200-400 lbs. These overweight women have big bodies with big capabilities and limitless lives; also they are strong, healthy women who come with a clean bill of health. About the ‘Health at every size’, she had quoted that ‘Health at every size’ does not claim that everyone is at healthy weight, it only ask for respect and help people shift their focus away from changing their size to enhancing their self-care behaviors. About the ‘people are allowed to not be attracted to certain body types’, she also disagree. She simply said that no person is obligated to “force themselves” to be physically attracted to a certain type of body because we all have our preferences. For Food Addiction, she wanted to make that all Americans have access to nutritious foods, educate their society on how to take care of their bodies with a focus on health and not on weight, and make behavioral health services available to everyone in order to address mental health needs.

“I think the coolest thing about the body acceptance movement is that its success doesn't rely on the understanding of or compassion from others. Don't get it and still think fat people are awful? Too bad so sad, and really not cool. But individuals get to choose whether they will love their body or not regardless of what you or society/the media believes. And this in and of itself is the most powerful thing.” Jes Baker said.

Jes Baker is really a logical, intelligent, and critically-thinking woman because she had well-stated all of her arguments about the Fat Acceptance movement and she even cited researches, studies, and quotes from different people. Because of her, people would have different perspective and opinion about the movement, but those opinions and comments will be more logical and well-thought. It is true that body acceptance movement is cool and its success doesn't rely on the understanding of or compassion from others. It can be a way to stop the thinking of fat people as awful. And, all individuals have their own choice whether they will love their body regardless on the society or media that they believe.

Fat Acceptance movement is becoming a hot issue not only in the America but also around the world. Since foods are discovered and made, obesity had always been a problem which is really difficult to fix and give effective solutions. Because of the outgrowing number of people who are obese, there are also an outgrowing number of people who are developing health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and others. Obese people have been negatively seen by most people in our society, but since they are continuously growing because of the very delicious foods that can be seen anywhere, other people are becoming tired of criticizing them. Others had started to realize that they should treat obese people equally, and they should have the same rights like them, and those realizations is because of the Fat Acceptance movement. It is a good job for the Fat Acceptance movement members and organizers that they have been seeing some improvements in their society on the way people treat them.