Study: Fat Shaming Doesn’t Help Obese People Lose Weight

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A new study has found that the practice of “fat shaming,” or discriminating against overweight people by giving them poor service and treating them differently, doesn’t motivate them to lose weight, but rather leads to weight gain. What do you think?


“That was never the point of fat shaming.”

Leona Nichols • Public Relations Associate

“Oh, come on, surely there must be some benefits to humiliating and ostracizing someone so cruelly.”

Matt Warrecker • Software Installer

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“I just wish someone would tell me what the proper way to shame someone is.”

Frederick Lewis • Sign Hanger