National Fat Acceptance Group

[mannequinforce]

http://www.naafaonline.com/dev2/

Interesting concept?

Edit: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/hea...ef=videosearch

Link to fat/beautiful/healthy video.

[runningchoc]

Originally Posted by mannequinforce

http://www.naafaonline.com/dev2/

Interesting concept?

Disappointing concept

[skurey]

it is not ok to be fat

[Eva N]

Jeezus... we need this about as much as Russia needs an "Alcoholism Acceptance" initiative.

[FIRE CHIEF]

Being fat and being gay are the same thing a lot of the time. You guys, as usual, are hypocrites.

[Charlie don't surf]

This is why national healthcare doesn't work in our country.

But other than that I agree with fire chief on this one.

[SprintsFTW19]

Originally Posted by FIRE CHIEF

Being fat and being gay are the same thing a lot of the time. You guys, as usual, are hypocrites.

Originally Posted by Charlie don't surf

This is why national healthcare doesn't work in our country.

But other than that I agree with fire chief on this one.

How can you possibly rationalize these statements? Unless you both think being gay is a choice, which just means you're both idiots.

[terrywuzhere]

Originally Posted by SprintsFTW19

How can you possibly rationalize these statements? Unless you both think being gay is a choice, which just means you're both idiots.

If they are saying people are born a way: gay or naturally inclined to be fat, being gay isn't an issue while being fat is. Even if being gay was an issue I doubt exposing yourself to hetero porn or something of that matter wouldn't make you straight while on the other hand if you are fat and expose yourself to exercise you will lose weight. Granted there are medical conditions that complicate being overweight but that is far from the majority.

[SprintsFTW19]

Originally Posted by terrywuzhere

If they are saying people are born a way: gay or naturally inclined to be fat, being gay isn't an issue while being fat is. Even if being gay was an issue I doubt exposing yourself to hetero porn or something of that matter wouldn't make you straight while on the other hand if you are fat and expose yourself to exercise you will lose weight. Granted there are medical conditions that complicate being overweight but that is far from the majority.

Like you said, being born as a person "more inclined" to retain excess weight is rarely so extreme that diet and exercise will not allow the person to maintain a healthy weight. Legitimate medical reasons behind being dangerously obese are very, very rare. Gay people are born gay, and are not inherently unhealthy or more likely to put a strain on the healthcare system due to frequent health problems directly related to their sexuality, unlike an overwhelming majority of obese people, as soon as you switch sexuality with weight.

[terrywuzhere]

Originally Posted by SprintsFTW19

Like you said, being born as a person "more inclined" to retain excess weight is rarely so extreme that diet and exercise will not allow the person to maintain a healthy weight. Legitimate medical reasons behind being dangerously obese are very, very rare. Gay people are born gay, and are not inherently unhealthy or more likely to put a strain on the healthcare system due to frequent health problems directly related to their sexuality, unlike an overwhelming majority of obese people, as soon as you switch sexuality with weight.

Only morbidly obese person I have met with a legit medical reason to be obese was my 8th history teacher. He was a college baseball player at UNC and was actually in amazing shape and had a heart attack at like 21. The doctors said there is no reason that a very healthy 21 year old should be having heart attacks and pegged it to an isolated incident. I think two years later he had another and the doctors realized his blood was clotting so they put him on a medicine that would thin his blood but also slow his metabolism down to a crawl.