i definitely think we should recognize that overweight people are people and they have feelings and need to be respected like anyone else, but silencing the objective fact that being overweight is bad for you is dangerous.
Define overweight.
Also carrying fat cells on your body does not equate to bad for you. Whats bad is a unhealthy cardiovascular system. Being obese is just a sign and a risk factor to what is actually bad.
carrying fat isn't bad. carrying too much of it is. and sure, the real problem is a bad cardiovascular system but being too fat puts a tremendous amount of work on that system and wears it down so much faster.
Amazon_Shampoo (i think that's her name) said it well: it's a lifestyle choice just like smoking cigarettes or drinking excessively. one should be aware of the health risks associated with that lifestyle choice and it's dangerous to silence information required to make a healthy risk:reward analysis.
edit: and i recognize that many people have what i would consider a 'food addiction' that's just as hard to break as any other addiction, if not harder because you need food to survive.
As a smoker I think this is spot on. Can't speak for the other parts though cause I'm pretty skinny I suppose. ---
Typical gameFAQers are "Complainers that always complain about those who complain about real legitimate complaints."-Joker_X