In your opinion, what do you think about fat acceptance?

In my opinion, yes, we all have to respect everyone whether they are different and accept them for who they are. But, I don't like the idea of fat acceptance. People with overweight body is unhealthy, and that is a fact! They can live with many sicknesses due to their unhealthy body. And support them to stay in their body is a bad idea! Instead of judging them for their size, why don't we support them to become healthy? I mean become healthy is not about having a nice, fit body. It's about keeping balance in health and have a healthy lifestyle.

What do you think?

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TURTLEGOD

I think our society shames bigger bodies in general when compared to the norm. One might call someone fat and say they are overweight. But overweight to one might be healthy for another, it is subjective to body type and many other factors.
I would be healthy if people stopped worrying about their size and more about their health, what they eat, drink, snack, etc. Even small people can be unhealthy it is just people tend to be blinded by size and think that the size of a person tells all about their body.
I think fat acceptance is only wrong when they say "eat whatever you want, it doesn't matter" because it does matter. I think it's pretty terrible that so many people in America die from heart disease, which is preventable with a good diet. It just seems like something that in many cases is so easy to prevent is so widespread.
I sometimes feel that fat acceptance pushes other issues under the rug. But it is important to learn to love your body nevertheless. Society does shame bigger bodies a lot, not just "fat" or "obese" people.

This is running on but basically, I agree with you the most important is personal health. My healthy is a different size than another person's healthy. "Fat Accpectance" is good in that it does to an extent acknowledge that there are many other body types out there but it is bad in that it doesn't acknowledge the causes of obesity and the fact that Americans waistlines have been steadily increasing over the years.