Thank you for this article! As a fat woman, thank you. I love my skinny family members and friends but sometimes they just don't get it. They don't understand how they just feed the system to be anti-fat.

I do have to ask that you add medical issues as another reason for obesity. I had undiagnosed thyroid and ovarian issues which led to years of obesity. Now that I am getting the proper treatment I am losing weight and feel healthier. So many doctors just told me to lose weight and never considered I was fat because of a medical problem. It is heartbreaking thinking of all the years I went unheard and all the money I spent on fat tax and doctors visits for nothing. Though I am still considered fat and may always be, at least now I feel healthier and like I have some control. Before I was always made (by others well as by myself) to feel guilty for being lazy and gluttonous. But that was never the problem at all.