Neither.I dont judge people and I dont want people judging me.

To be completely honest, I would say disgusted - it's so unhealthy to eat that way and if the person is already obese, they should be even more careful about what is being put into their body.

i'm going to be honest and i'm sure i'll get yelled out and downrated for it but it disgusts me. if they have children with them that are also grossly obese it makes me very angry.

I say live and let live,i dont see obese people as a problem,some are very nice that i know :)

It's none of my business, though I would probably find it disgusting that anyone in general were "shoving fries in their mouth like no tomorrow." I hate it when people make pigs of themselves.

Probably both. I think that I don't know how they got to be that size, and it's not really my business. I'm sure it's depressing and if I were very obese I would probably feel like there was no hope. So I would feel bad. Also, even though I don't know the circumstances (maybe it's their birthday, or treat for the week, and they doing great on their diet, or maybe they have a health problem that led them to be obese) I still feel as if they should probably make a healthier choice. Especially if they are getting the Mondo Super Size Quintuple Meat Burger instead of a regular burger or something.

I only ever feel like shouting out if they're a parent spoiling the life-shortened, wheezing, overweight child that they are RESPONSIBLE for. Otherwise, at the point of adulthood, I am very capable of feeling and offereing sympathy and support if someone asks me for it but if they don't I say it's up to the individual to choose what they eat and drink. I do think though that there should be a junk food tax which can be used to pay for health education and subsidising the cost of fresh food.

If I were a travel agent authorized to give free trips to Africa to one lucky person per day, and I didn't give it already that day, I would certainly give the trip to that person. I'd want them to see what it's like to be on the opposite end of the food-availability chain. Hopefully, they'd not have as much to eat available to them, in Africa, so that when they come back, they'll have lost some weight. Either way, seeing starving children ought to give them the best guilt trip of their lives. Ha! I would give him/her a guilt trip trip! (But I'm not a travel agent, so I would have some thoughts about him/her, but not much else.)

yes that was me about 9 years ago until i got my slimming head on and lost 5 stone and i have kept it off,i must say if i do see anyone large i do sympathise i have been there myself.

I am disgusted because I have seen this many times and I can't even watch them. I think it's really gross, but it's their life so they can do whatever they want.

I think the overeating is usually a symptom of an emotional condition. I can't speak from the point of an obese person, but I do know that when I'm feeling bad about my life or myself, I tend to eat a LOT more and I do gain weight from it. When I'm feeling better I stop eating like that. I just don't feel the urge to. I think that a lot of people get fat and then they have to deal with the judgmental stares and comments of the people around them, so they feel even more alienated or unhappy or whatever, so they eat more to deal with the bad feelings from that, then they get fatter, then they get more stares and comments, and it just keeps going. Also, when you see fat families, I think a lot of the time it's just plain old ignorance of how to eat right, unfortunately.

When I see something like this I just don't get it. I have worked in the restaurant business for about twenty years and have observed people that are so grossly over-weight that they can barely function.... and that is the part that I just cannot identify with. I just sit there and try to imagine what a person like that does with themselves every day. What is their daily routine? What do they do for a job? How do they take care of themselves? The whole situation just makes me cringe. I know there are many different reasons why people are or become over-weight with varying degrees of responsibility on that persons part but, my sympathies only go so far. It can get to a point where an obese person becomes just a useless eater with very little functionality toward society at large, their family, or themselves.... that in itself is quite disturbing. I suppose that if blame is to be laid somewhere for this situation then the answer is simple enough to preceive. Only humans and domesticated animals suffer from this "affliction" while elsewhere in nature it is quite rare. We are our own enablers and about 75% of the food that we eat is processed and/or chocked full of concentrated man-made chemicals that no one really has the slightest idea of what the long term effects of continually ingesting them will be. Livestock is pumped full of hormones, steroids, and fed genetically modified grains and feeds. Crops are sprayed with all sorts of chemicals and grown with modified seeds that terminate per growth cycle. When these kinds of seeds are continually used on cropland the crops don't turn-over and the soil becomes depleted.... the list goes on.... I guess that you could call it artificial food for our artificial lifestyle. The down side is that the human body was not designed to eat all of this trash so I guess that we'll all be "reaping what we've sown" eventually.... an obesity problem might be just the beginning. P.S. - Don't forget the friendly pharamceutical industry and all the wonderful side-effects that their vast and varied line of heavily consumed drugs have waiting for you. Humanity = Artificial Zombies on Cellphones

When I see someone grossly obese shoving fries in their mouth like there is no tomorrow I am thoroughly disgusted. I feel that their disregard for their own health is a weight on society as a whole. More Diabetes, more Hypertension, more Heart Disease, more more more. It also creates a climate that being obese is acceptable, that being slim and healthy is the exception rather than the rule. Disgusting

People are entitled to do whatever they want with their bodies.

On the news in the US yesterday they said children were needing medication for high cholesterol I couldn't believe it! That part is sad since it is probably a learned behavior to eat that type of food in excess.

Neither. We all make choices in our lives, then have to live with those choices. Of course, it would seem by your question that we both choose to dine at the same restaurant, so can't really think anything negative about that fact.

pretty much my exact thoughts usually are along the lines of "awww man COME on. are you kidding me? get a salad please for your own good."

Honestly, I feel sorry for them, but hey its their decision. This is America where you can live any way you want to. I just look the other way... literally.

To be honest, it depends on my mood that day, and how disgusted with people I already am. Sometimes I just pity them, other times I'm tempted to walk over and just flip their entire tray of food onto the floor.

I don't really care, not in a mean way I mean I just don't feel either way. People are people. Some like eating more than others?

I would feel sorry for them. This is just my opinion but when I see someone doing that to themselves I think they must be very lonely. Eating for comfort, that sort of thing.

I hate to be judgemental, but it really depends on the portion size. Obviously, I'm eating there too, so why should I begrudge the obese person for enjoying the same foods that I do? Nothing wrong with that right? However, when I see everything on their tray has been "Super-sized", I'm ashamed to say that I tend to be a little disgusted. The same way I'm disgusted by a wino or a crack addict. I know it's a disease, but I can't help but think at some point, in the beginning maybe, it was a choice.

The person does not want to be that way. It is out of their control. I would feel sympathetic because the person needs mental help and is trying to fill some type of hole. It's an obsession, they can't help it.

disgusted.

Indifferent...not really my business and I don't think it is my place to pass judgement on anyone without knowing their story.

....Or neither! It isn't my business...I don't know the background story....and I try not to judge..successfully most times.

most ppl who weigh over 300 lbs are grossly overweight unless you are freakishly tall, then 300 lbs at let's say 7,6" would actually be quite slim.

Im secretly hoping they choke on them and have a heart attack right there and then. I mean seriously, there is no viable excuse to get that fat and I have no sympathy for them.

Sympathetic only to the fact he can not shrink his stomach.

I would care less. It's there own personal choice to eat and live the way they choose, so it doesn't disgust me. As I am not living with somebody like that, I am fine (which I don't).

I'm sympathetic, because I'm sure they don't want to be in this condition. And, as much as you see them eating, it doesn't mean they enjoy the results of it. Or, the stares of disgust from strangers.

Sympathetic. I feel they have no control.

Honestly, I feel disqust for ANYONE sitting at a burger place shovelling the food in. Why do people insist on filling their bodies with crap? Almost all diseases and medical conditions can be avoided with proper nutrition and exercise.

It's too painful to look so I just turn away.

I dont think anything of it. Its their life, whats the point of dreading on it?

This must be the same person i saw on an airplane taking up two seats and paying for only one. I was disgusted. Disgusted because i know this person is avoiding trying to help her body by all the fat calories she is consuming. I am also disgusted that this person is or will have future health problems because of her weight. I am also disgusted because more than likely, this person has no health insurance and you and i are going to have to foot the bill for her medical bills. I know i will see this person in a wheelchair and living off welfare because she gobbles down fries by the handfull. Am i disgusted? you might say so.