So treating overweight people with barely concealed contempt (which isn’t the same as ‘straight talk’) is the best way to reduce obesity? It’s an approach, but I’m not convinced it’s the best one. Do you think it will encourage them to go out and exercise when they know that people like the OP is on the lookout for them to make judgement? 🙄
I always think that people that make these sort of comments are looking to revel in the misfortune of others (even if of their own making) to make themselves feel better. The number of groups it is socially acceptable to openly criticise (based on race, sex, class, background) is ever diminishing, but I guess this is still okay……. 😕
It’s not something I’ve thought about until now, but I don’t really ever see obese people when I’m out walking. I’ve noticed you get a reasonable number of obese people riding at sportives (I always think good on them, but wouldn’t dream of being patronising enough to comment). I know some ultra slim people that have no fitness at all, and some reasonably big guys whose fitness defies what they look like (not super fast, but regularly ride long distances at a good pace).