Jennifer Lawrence, the actress star of the hit “Hunger Games” movies, said that “It is should be illegal to call someone fat on TV.”
The 23-year old Oscar winner told ABC’s Barbara Walters added that, “If we’re regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words because of the effect they have on our younger generation, why aren’t we regulating things like calling people ‘fat’?”
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Overeating and not exercising is a choice that often leads to a multitude of health issues like diabetes and heart disease.
The obese are being coddled, while we all pick up the tab with higher health insurance costs to treat them.
They should be called exactly what they are — fat, overweight, obese — so they learn to make healthy lifestyle changes.
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