[–] Erdrick 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I actually watched it after I heard that it inspired Kevin Smith to stop being such a fat sack of garbage. I found the part where Michelle Obama tried to do something about high calorie foods and got completely undermined to be quite interesting. Still, while there are still more high sugar foods today then there's ever been that's not an excuse for becoming an Obeast. It's all about portion control, calories in vs calories out.
[–] TheThinSister ago
Exactly! I try to eat healthy most days and to exercise, but I still have a little chocolate here and there. I just don't do it every day. And I limit the sugar I have. I've done this from a young age. It isn't that hard of a concept.
[–] NoSympathy ago
Good and bad IMO. I didn't like how they didn't focus enough on energy (calorie) restriction for weight loss.
[–] ChildrenToSpare 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They actually totally disregarded that as a "myth" if I remember correctly
[–] Not_lex_luthor [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
yes they did, that part realy bugged me.
[–] cityfox 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think it leans a little too far toward making overweight people victims. Sure, there is now a metric fuckton more garbagey, sugary food in stores (than decades past), but basic concepts about nutrition are taught in early school years, so it's not like people don't understand that they're eating garbage. I do think they might be onto something when they discuss regulating food conglomerates, however this should not be a massive crack down. Calorie content is already required on food packaging, so it's not like people are ingesting mystery foods.
[–] Fatkini 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I recognize food addiction being a thing but it's no excuse. We don't tell meth heads they're beautiful and excuse them because meth is really addictive. Everyone talking about food addiction is acting like it's an excuse. You can't make fun of people because they're addicted. They're victims. It's maddening. The same obese people crying about being made fun of will pass these addictions and bad habits on to their children, and then will cry about the people judging their kids or their parenting. So it's a crippling addiction that you've given to your offspring, but other people are still the problem. Mom of the year shit right fucking there. You did real fucking good.
[–] TheThinSister 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
Fatties laugh about eating junk food, even calling it that too. But they can't close their fucking mouth long enough to actually think what JUNK FOOD could possibly mean. They just want to shove questionably edible things down their gullet. It's the tubs fault for going back to eating that in the first place, not the companies. They just know their is a gold mine in that business.
[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Precisely, if humanity woke up one day and (hypothetically) switched to healthier food, the market would react and provide said produce on mass and cheaper.
You can't fully blame the companies... if they weren't doing it, someone else would.
[–] KashEsq 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Overall, I think it was a good movie, especially since it showcased the historical and economic bases for why we are currently experiencing an obesity epidemic. Ignorance of why we get fat and what's been keeping us fat is why we have so many fat people today. There is too much misinformation and fat logic out there, and this movie did a pretty good job at succinctly dispelling a lot of that nonsense.
Yes, it unfortunately has some fat sympathy, but it's still a good film for people who genuinely are ignorant about how our bodies work and the external factors to which they have allowed themselves to fall victim.