Posted on 04/10/2019 11:43:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Gillette is making waves with a photo it tweeted of an obese woman posing on a beach in a bikini, with her curves and cellulite on full display.
The razor maker last week posted the image of Anna O'Brien, a plus-size fashion, fitness and lifestyle blogger, under its @GilletteVenus handle, captioning it, "Go out there and slay the day." Some Twitter users said the ad glamorizies obesity and that Gillette is "irresponsibly" promoting an unhealthy lifestyle for profit.
"This woman will die of heat disease before @potus completes his second term. I hope she's just as happy and carefree for her last 6 years of life. Everybody should live themselves, but lets not call it healthy," one twitter user wrote.
Some commenters defended O'Brien while keeping their aim focused on Gillette. "There's no reason to be rude or unkind to someone who is obese and there is no reason @GilletteVenus should be encouraging life threatening obesity. This would also be true if they used an anorexic model. I wish the model they used well but Gillette should know better," @robbystarbuck said.
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Curves??????!!!!! Those aren’t curves! That’s a big, fat slob!
There’s THREE of them inside, trying to escape.
FWIW, Harry's came up with "Shave with Rainbow Pride" or the like offerings.
Where’s Joe Biden?!
“Plus sized” is actually a size 10, according to the industry.
We need to invent some new terminology here. “Cankles” doesn’t quite cover it when you are fat enough that the existence of your knees is even in doubt.
Hell, if they sell her enough razors to cover even one leg, Gillette’s made their nut for the year.
What would possess a woman to go out in public like that, let alone allow herself to be photographed for a national ad campaign.
Remember when full sized was sexy? Yikes.
I am an old fat bastard, and my wife loves me. But I don’t toss on a nut-buster swim suit and pose for ads. No one needs to see mt fat ass to make them feel good about themselves.
That pic just screams, “Mentally ill.”
With a girl like her, a full size hammock would qualify as a “thong”.
Gillette should rightfully be called out. Obesity should never be glorified.
Obesity Facts
People who are overweight or obese face a lot of health complications, negative consequences, and concerns. In fact, being overweight or obese increases a person’s risk for many diseases and health conditions. Unfortunately, obesity rates in the United States are rising. With that statistic comes some staggering costs.
1. More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese.
In the United States, 36.5 percent of adults are obese. Another 32.5 percent of American adults are overweight. In all, more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese.
2. Obesity affects 1 in 6 children in the United States.
Around 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 are obese. That’s more than 12.7 million American children. One in 8 preschoolers is obese. The good news is obesity rates among preschool children have been falling in recent years.
3. Obesity is linked to more than 60 chronic diseases.
If you are overweight or obese, your risk for dozens of diseases and conditions is higher. These include type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and many other diseases.
4. Overweight children are more likely to become overweight adults.
Children who are overweight or obese are five times more likely to be obese or overweight adults than children of normal weight. This can increase their risk for many chronic diseases and health complications.
5. Your waist size increases your risk for diabetes.
Researchers found that men with waist circumferences in the highest 10 percent of measurements were 20 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men whose waist circumferences fell in the lowest 10 percent. Also, waist measurements may help predict which people with a low or normal weight are more likely to develop diabetes.
6. Obesity causes more deaths than being underweight.
Globally, obesity is one of the top five leading causes of death. It causes more than 2.8 million deaths each year. The other four leading causes are high blood pressure, tobacco use, high blood glucose, and physical inactivity.
7. Obesity is costly.
Obesity costs Americans $147 billion each year. People who are obese pay more out of pocket than people who are not. In fact, the medical costs for people with obesity are $1,429 higher each year than those of people with a normal weight.
8. Your ethnicity can affect your likelihood of obesity.
Your ethnicity may impact your risk for obesity. Almost half (48.4 percent) of non-Hispanic blacks have obesity. They’re followed by Hispanics with 42.6 percent, non-Hispanic whites with 36.4 percent, and non-Hispanic Asians with 12.6 percent.
9. Obesity is most common in middle age.
Adults between the ages of 40 and 59 are more likely to be obese. In fact, more than 40 percent of adults between these ages are obese. Another one-third of adults age 60 and over are obese, and another one-third (32.3 percent) of adults age 20 to 39 are obese.
10. Older women are more likely to be obese than older men.
Men are more likely to be overweight than women, but 40.4 percent of American women are obese. Meanwhile, 35 percent of American men are obese.
11. All states have obesity rates over 20 percent.
As of 2017, all 50 states have an obesity rate over 20 percent. Just two decades ago, no state had a rate above 15 percent.
12. The South has the highest obesity rates.
Five states have an obesity rate over 35 percent. West Virginia leads the group with 37.7 percent of adults being obese. Mississippi comes in second with 37.3 percent. Alabama and Arkansas are close in the alphabet and tied for obesity percentages (35.7 percent). Louisiana rounds out the top 5 with 35.5 percent.
13. Colorado has the lowest obesity rates.
Colorado has the lowest rate of obesity. Just 22.3 percent of people who live in the state are obese. Washington, D.C., is a close second with 22.6 percent. Massachusetts, Hawaii, and California all have an obese population at or below 25 percent.
14. Americans are eating more calories than ever before.
Today, Americans eat 23 percent more calories than we did in 1970. That can really add up. One of the leading causes of overweight and obesity is an imbalance of calories. When you eat more than you burn, your body stores the extra energy as fat. Over time, the pounds can begin to pile on.
15. Obese individuals miss more work.
People who are overweight or obese miss about 56 percent more work days than people of normal weight. While normal-weight employees miss an average of three days per year, overweight and obese individuals miss approximately two additional days.
The good news is obesity is largely preventable. A healthy diet and regular exercise can go a long way to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight. Otherwise, the realities of carrying around excess weight can start to creep up on you and take their toll.
https://www.healthline.com/health/obesity-facts#4
That’s not in cm by any chance?
doughnuts!
While I appreciate your tolerant attitude-obesity should not be encouraged-laying off the carbs and sugar in ALL processed foods-eating natural foods only-and getting up from the computer desk will work wonders-my cub’s father died a couple of years ago from the effects of morbid obesity-he was over 450 when his body gave out.
Since my cub had been gaining steadily for 7-8 years and was already over 250, she got serious after he died, adopting my paleo diet for food and-since she has a sedentary job-walking around more and investing in some weights and resistance bands-she is now 100 lbs. lighter-only 20 lbs to go to where she wants to be-and her energy level is much improved. If fat shaming gets someone to lose that unhealthy blubber, I say that is okay-we are humans-not cattle being fattened for market...
“there is one of these inside just dying to escape”
Yeah, maybe if that attractive woman was laying next to Tubbo on the beach and Tubbo rolled over and trapped her inside one of her fat rolls.
I got asked to leave a Weight Watchers meeting years ago for using the term obese.
One of the women was pissed because her doctor wrote that on her chart. I pointed out that it was a clinical term, and that pretty much everyone in the room was probably morbidly obese.
They did not think that was “supportive.”
How dare they talk bad about Laz’s kind of woman!!
Get the new “Harpoon”(tm) razor by Gillette.
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