Eating to death

Summary: (words: 130)

Lionel Shriver wrote for the Standpoint Magazine about her brother, that he was eating himself to death. He weighted 24 stone. She could not accept his overweight, and could not accept that ‘fat’ people say they can not do anything about it. Horrible news was that her brother actually did eat him self to death, and died about one hour after she wrote the article for the magazine. He died because of respiratory crisis, and only was 55 years old. The story of her brother shows how important this issue is. Fat people are fighting for being accepted but they should not be. Fat people mostly die on a pretty young age, mostly they do not want to die, and mostly they feel horrible about what condition they are in.

Source:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewmcfbrown/100018470/fat-rights-allow-people-to-eat-themselves-to-death/

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My personal opinion is that there’s always something to do about it. People that don’t feel good about what condition they are in, but do want to be accepted, are having several problems with themselves. I don’t want to say it is easy, but with the help of a doctor you can always loose weight. The only aspect that is needed is that the person in question really, really, wants to loose the weight. If they feel sad, and try to get a better feeling by eating, it won’t get better. I’m sure it won’t be an easy battle, but I’m sure there are always possibilities. How it comes so far that somebody gets so much weight, is an other question. Like it is said in the article. Obese people need moral support, not ‘acceptance’.