I just got really angry watching the 3-person panel on obesity that the show as doing because of a Marie Claire article that asked why Americans hate fat women.

Anyway, if you saw it you probably noticed how it played out. Let me say that I am not exactly taking sides here--I think there are definitely negative health effects that result from being obese, but...

The heavy woman (sorry I didn't catch any of their names) on the end was advocating a healthy diet and consistent exercise over obsessing about actual weight, and I think that is a really positive idea. Yes, she was heavy, but she had the right idea--taking care of yourself is important--hurting yourself through constant dieting and exercising to the point of exhaustion is not healthy.

However, once she had given her initial statement, the other two guests completely sidelined her, talked over her the entire time, and more or less dismissed everything she had said.

It made me really angry, because it only served to prove the point made in the Marie Claire article, the very point the show was supposedly trying to shed some positive light on.

I can't imagine how she feels right now--I guarantee that she knows exactly what just happened to her and what she represents.