Some people might be fat because they are genetically pre-dispositioned to be so.

Some people might be fat because they eat a lot of particular types of foods.

Some people might be fat because of illness or the side effects of medication.

Some people might be fat because of disability.

Some people might be fat because they can’t or choose not to engage in physical movement.

Some people might be fat because of a combination of the above reasons.

Some people might be fat because of none of those reasons.

But you know what?

It doesn’t matter.

It does not matter why someone is fat.

It simply does not matter.

It doesn’t matter if someone who is fat chooses to eat baby flavoured donuts all day every day and never move from their sofa. It doesn’t matter if someone who is fat is a vegan who teaches yoga 6 times a day. It just does not matter.

The simple fact is that every single fat person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect until their behaviour, as opposed to the way they look, warrants otherwise.  Just the same as every skinny person. And just the same as every in-betweenie person. What matters is that people begin to understand (and then totally understand and then act on) this simple concept rather than being blinded and choked by their fat hatred.

That is what matters.

Word.