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by Fun on December 13th, 2007
Um everyone is discriminated against.
I am discriminated against because I am underweight. People always force extra food on me, say "Oh give her a big piece she needs it". And they assume I am bulimic or anorexic and follow me to the bathroom after I eat. They assume I am sick, because I am small. They also assume I am weak and meager because of it.
by Anonymoose on December 13th, 2007
Yes they are and it's disgusting. I am not obese by any means, but neither am I the "ideal" weight for my height (I am 5'5" and weigh 186 pounds). People think I should just be able to go and work out and drop all kinds of weight and then I will be better. I know I could be skinnier, but what is wrong with me the way I am now?
by Mrs. Confused Bumblebee on December 13th, 2007
From experience, i believe they are. Before being diagnosed with a medical disorder and put on medication, I weighed almost 350 pounds and most of the doctors wouldn't take me seriously. I was accused of lying by the doctors who were supposed to treat me. Once I finally found a doctor who would run tests for the lesser known diagnosis, I was put on medication and have lost over 100 pounds so far. I still have a ways to go, but I have seen a major difference in the way people, both doctors and otherwise, treat me.
by graduated pixie getting pissed on December 13th, 2007
I've seen it done to my cousin. I don't understand how anyone can do that too someone. I was so angry and felt so helpless.
by sm00z on December 13th, 2007
Overweight people are targets for many negative forms of treatment--workplace discrimination being one of the worst. I feel that nobody has a right to try to make overweight people lose weight. I think it is that individual's decision to lose weight just as it a smoker's decision to quit smoking and a drinker's decision to go on the wagon.
by Chopsy the Diver on December 13th, 2007
Its not just obese people, skinny ones too like myself.......get discriminated against!! but in all fairness i work in the NHS and the strain obese patients put on the NHS is tremendous.....4 people to put an obese person on a bedpan....specialist equipment just to get them out of bed or even extra large commodes, baths and beds....it costs the British tax payers millions each year with these types of problems....if a person is overweight badly they will not be operated on....the same as if someone smokes then chances are certain treatments or ops will not be done...so not just obesity.
by Chris the other white meat on December 13th, 2007
Yes they are. In the US it there is something states "not sure the name of the doctrine" that you may not Discrimitate against any person or persons due to weight if they are capable to do what is necessary for their job. You can basically change weight to black, white, brown, male, female, amputee, etc... This is the same for anything. People are ignorant and will always discriminate against anything different than what they like.
I feel sick about it.
by koldkanuck on January 8th, 2008
That is one form of discrimination that is easy to resolve,one less serving at dinnertime,lunchtime brekkytime everyday for a year.
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on January 1st, 2008
I think they are constantly. I think that obesity problem is rapidly becoming a worldwide problem and that its causes are many and complicated.
by Leah on January 28th, 2009
I actually have problems gaining wait. (My body has problems observing nutrion, which made me look anoirexic. So when I ate the food would slide right through...I was always hungry, and my ribs shown very vitally, and I was also extrmly weak and light headed before anyone took it serously.) So it may sound irrogant but I have to take a pill to gain wait. It may sound arrogant. The truth is yes, overwaight is discriminated, and we do pick on each other about wait. But be thankful you have food, and your body has the power to help you gain wait and energy.
by Arisztid on January 28th, 2009
I am going to copy and paste from an old answer:
People assume that obesity is automatically a lifestyle choice and judge that lifestyle choice.
This is incorrect in many ways. A few things to ponder:
1) Obesity is not always caused by overeating. Many medical conditions can cause it directly or can contribute to it due to reducing the patient's mobility. Many medications cause weight gain.
2) Being poor limits nutritional options. Healthy food is almost always expensive food. What is available to the poor is fatty meats and starchy foods. These foods contribute drastically towards obesity.
3) Depression and other mental illnesses might result in the person eating for comfort or for some other reason associated with their mental illness. Poverty contributes to depression so there is another whammy for the poor.
4) Lifestyle.
The first two are not controllable. The third is difficult to control.
The fourth only determines the individual's weight, nothing further about the person and is as stupid a criteria of discrimination as race or hair color.
People get away with it so easy because people are cruel and people do not, in general, care about this particular kind of bigotry.
by shrinkess on January 28th, 2009
I don't like it. It really hurts people.
by Mario--leaving AB for a while on January 2nd, 2009
i think some are if they are really over weight. I dont discriminate. i have over wieght friends.
by kanara on July 15th, 2008
yes they are. you never know someones situation. people assume obese people are lazy or something like that.
especially in the usa people assume everyone to look like the bodies on ads and in the media, picture "so called perfect"
regular people are not a size 0!
by veroniqueka on June 15th, 2008
I am one but I don't feel it.I bet it only exists in America.
by curious on March 13th, 2008
I think it is wrong, and for them people who discriminate against them should take a long look in the mirror at their self, because I would bet there is something that could be said about them. Thoese people who like to run their mouth are the ones who are worse off then the overweight people.
by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on January 1st, 2008
Absolutely...I see it all the time. I have overweight family members, and I used to be overweight myself until I got into Weight Watchers. Overweight people are discriminated against just as those of different races, religions, sexual orientations and cultures are.
by Katie on December 13th, 2007
They are discriminated against. I don't think it is right to discriminate against anyone... well, within some perameters anyway... as long as someone isn't hurting others they shouldn't be discriminated against.
by margarita on January 28th, 2009
There is a lot of discrimination against overwieght people. I myself am an overwieght person and have felt the pain of discrimination because of my wieght. Wether it's a look, a word or a gesture It hurts and is not ok. I am on a path to become healthy and when people look at me like i'm a freak as if have an arm coming out of my head, it does not encourge me. It make makes me feel really bad. We understand that it is not healthy, but to lose wieght takes alot of effort, time ,and emotion.
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Yes before I quit smoking I weighed 130 pounds and had the same problems as you.I used to have people come up to me at the gym and ask "why are you here you don't need to lose weight".
by Kiss A Fat Babys Ass on December 13th, 2007
It's hurtful sometimes I am not gonna lie.
by Fun on December 13th, 2007