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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Depends on how you speak out about it. I listened to Calgary's own Dr. Arya Sharma's speech he did in Kingston last week. He talked about how this is an issue that MUST be raised, but it has to be raised delicately. Even if it has the remotest possibility of appearing as fat shaming, it WILL be taken that way. Because obese people are generally predisposed to feeling crappy about their weight and about themselves. So it needs to be handled with kid gloves rather than attacking with a hammer. Which is where I have an advantage.
"I'm healthy and your not. You should stop being fat, fatty!" will not work.
"I've been where you are and I hated it; let me help you.... " works a lot better.
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I don't know if pussyfooting or delicately approaching these types of situations is really the best way of implementing change. I would probably encourage more of an aggressive campaign similar to smoking and drunk driving where the aim is promoting that such activities are harmful, dangerous and unacceptable. There are certain ways of tackling the subject aggressively without bullying or shaming.