Obesity is a serious problem in our society and it's a real tragedy to see overweight parents teaching their kids really bad habits. I'm not a "fat shamer" in any way - I'm all for people being comfortable with their bodies and the campaigns which accompany that; but that doesn't mean we should excuse or overlook being unhealthy because you're now comfy with being 'fat'.
I've coached my son's soccer since he was a toddler and he's currently in MUSC u10. Every single year we've had a boy on the team who's overweight. I don't mean a little chubby, I'm talking that they have man-boobs (boy-boobs?) It's horrible to see because the parents are culpable for this and it will only worsen as it becomes more socially acceptable to be overweight because the people who speak out about it seem to be instantly labelled as bullys.
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