Do Shows Focusing on Overweight Characters Further Obesity Problem?

“I really don’t think that watching a TV show centered around an obese couple’s relationship will boost an overweight person’s self esteem or self-acceptance,” she said. “Besides, do we really want our children accepting obesity? Should any of us be ‘comfortable’ with obesity? With the influx of technology we are creating a new breed of video couch potatoes. Telling our children that weight doesn’t matter because ‘fat people can fall in love too’ is just wrong.”

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