Fat does not = Obese

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone assumes that a fat person = obese. You have no idea if a person is healthy, unhealthy, has a medical condition, etc.

Here is a perfect example:

Photo # 1

Same photo, different caption

So, let me get this straight. 2 fat women are walking down the street. You snap a photo of them because they are fat and you just so happen to figure they are either obese, or you could pass them off as if they are. This is so annoying. Proof that the media wants you to think that fat people are obese, and that there is something wrong with them.

While we are making assumptions, let me try a few!!

If asked how much I thought the woman in the green weighed, and her height, I would say maybe 5'8 195 pounds. I dont think shes quite at 200. The magical obesity calculator rates that as....OVERWEIGHT, not obese. The second woman? 5'9 175. Again, overweight but not obese.

See, I too, and pull something out of my ass and disprove it. There is no way for any reader to know how tall these women are, their weight, their level of fitness, etc. But, they are assumed to be obese, because that is what the photographer intended. Because they are fat, they are obese, and now its assumed there is "something wrong" with them. See what the media does to distort fat positivity, and how they just plain out get it wrong?

Also, do these women know their asses are linked to obesity because of this photo?