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@AdamWeatherall
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 pm
No fat people can only be unhealthy. Reality doesn’t conform to what you want it just is and we must all deal with the consequences of our behavior.
@subeyda7560
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 pm
You cannot just say that because of there was and are people who have been struggling for pretty enough
And maybe that’s the healthiest body they could have because of the genetics maybe, but there is some stuff that you don’t know about the people so you cannot judge
@AdamWeatherall
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 pm
@s@subeyda7560 None of what you said is accurate we will not be squandering facts we know of the human body or anatomy and health itself all so someone somewhere might feel better about their plight, which could only hurt them. If you love any person who is over weight you have only one goal and that is to fix the issue that lead them to not be in control of their minds to allow this to occur to their bodies. This speaker is actually dealing with a mental disease, her only cure is the truth.
@Sully0725
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 pm
You are wrong. And as a retired teacher, here is a tip. Always, All, Never, etc statements are going to be marked False On a t/f test. 💙
@AdamWeatherall
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 pm
@Sully0725 I passed the mcat…and run the nations largest search rescue team. If you weigh more than humans are supposed to I cannot lift you off the mountain they do not make support elements for people of her size, I want to save lives not see them destroyed. It is not okay to commit suicide which is what anyone who supports her current mode of thinking is in fact supporting. Stop in your weakness harming people.
@Sully0725
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 pm
@A@AdamWeatherallI don’t think you watched and LISTENED to the video.
Also, I pray no one needs your help with such hate in your heart. 💙
@DS-pe8tt
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 pm
You matter. I’m sorry for anybody who has treated you less than that.
@ChetanSharma-mc5kr
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 pm
We need more people like you. It’s not about the society, but loving yourself to make the changes for good.
@Rahimullah-c5r
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 pm
Exactly
@farhansharazi
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 pm
❤❤❤
@Nybquest
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Yes please no shaming others and be curious how people are suffering
@Sully0725
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 pm
Act of Self Love, not self hate 🥰💙
@ploutoi.apistei
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 pm
Ever since I put on weight, people treat me differently, and not for the better. It even affects things not related to my weight. For instance, people are always insulting my intelligence and treating me like I must be mentally flawed.
@MianMuhammadHassan-uv8xp
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 pm
That is true, And up to a point people need to change their attitudes. But there is a certain level of obesity that just makes people uncomfortable. When your voice becomes deeper, and you can’t breathe through your nose anymore, It’s just unsightly to see. So yes, it’s wrong to treat others badly, but if you’re on that level, try to use it as motivation to control your diet. I’ve been fat before and skinny before myself.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 pm
@MianMuhammadHassan-uv8xp saying ‘try to use it as fuel’ doesn’t do anything. She’s simply telling people to treat people with dignity and basic respect and look how many people in the comments are just spewing ignorance and mouthing off like they’re superior to people just because they’re not overweight
@MrMW3tricks
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 pm
you can love yourself enough to choose to be a healthy weight
@cheryljohnston8152
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 pm
I know so many people who are overweight but way more fit than skinnier people!
@MrMW3tricks
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 pm
@cheryljohnston8152that’s just not possible health wise. if you’re obese there are massive health issues eventually
@cheryljohnston8152
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 pm
@MrMW3tricksyou are just wrong!
@MrMW3tricks
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 pm
@cheryljohnston8152how?
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 pm
@MrMW3tricks overweight ≠ obese genius
Never heard of bulking?
@RP-xn2kp
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 pm
Everyone deserves love and compassion. We have no idea what other people go through. If a fat person loves themselves then who’s place is it to impose their standards on them? We should only uplift people. Please dont say fat is healthy.
@AdamWeatherall
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Fat is unhealthy , also the sky is blue and water is wet.
@PiotrKaszuba8403
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 pm
@AdamWeatherallSky is actually not blue, it’s our wrong perception of it based on our body intruments.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 pm
@AdamWeatherall do you actually have such an oversized sense of importance that you think fat people need you to tell them they’re fat? Are you actually such a POS that it’s hard for you to treat overweight people with the same respect and dignity you give to others without thinking yourself superior?
@AdamWeatherall
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 pm
@Mistah_Green No, everyone needs everyone to understand reality. It doesn’t help anyone to obstificate from the truth . Giving someone love and compassion is in fact the exact opposite of also allowing them to live an unhealthy lifestyle if you truly care for their well being. Help them , go on walks with them , make them a healthier dinner or show them how it’s done, truly be friends to these people and they will ultimately end up at this conclusion themselves. It’s the same if you had a friend who was a gambling addiction, if you help them place bets your feeding into that problem and becoming apart of it. This speaker made it the world’s business by having such an audacious wrong take , one that could damage someone else if they didn’t see the truth.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 pm
@AdamWeatherall again, you seem to be not understanding. We are just talking past each other. Best of luck with everything 👍🏻
@Abc123-h5s
January 6, 2026 at 3:53 pm
1. Yes you matter..
2. Equality of fat people… do you have 0 historical awareness… but you have a TED talk…
3. Someone doesn’t get to her size without the lack of self discipline and self-awareness. If anyone claims medical, unless they’re above 50 or have other serious medical issues weight is just a side effect of personal choice.
4. Don’t TELL people what they should do… because you deem it to be correct… the example you’re attempting to depict.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 pm
You should listen more and judge less
@PiotrKaszuba8403
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 pm
I’m voicing my opinion only based on this fragment of the video as presented here to the viewers. I like this statement as it is rather rare from my point of view in public areas to combine both approaches. You can love yourself and still know that you are in bad shape; I would even say it’s the most balanced approach, whatever your body type is and personal struggles. It just keeps everything in check without any extremes in one way or another, but overall you also need to love yourself as each body is still a gift, just like every day of being alive. On the other hand, what you do also matters, and therefore what you do with your body as well. And there are some conditions that are not allowing you to have a balanced body; then you might need self-love even more, I would imagine. It might also be true that someone is too much in love with themselves, hence not loving anymore, which can hurt as well, including the body. Like with a lot of things in life, balance is usually the best approach; too much of something might be a poison, and not enough of something might be a deficit that destroys as well, hence bulimia, etc. This is why it’s good to view this subject from both perspectives, I would say. USA is more tend to be on the side of selfloving, no matter the outcome and crossing this way. While in Asia, let’s say Japan, you will find fewer issues with obesity, but there might be more issues with self-love and acceptance. Both approaches are just different sides of the same coin and the coin is you and your body. Love and accept yourself, but not overdo it as an exuse for being obese and therefore losing the will to do something about it if you can, should, and are able to. From the outside perspective, people should not assume anything about obese people, as being worst, broken or anything and in any way treat them worst. As assumptions are generally not facts by default, using them like this might only hurt others. It might be a condition, might be something they actually need as a coping mechanism, might be just a fragment of their life when struggling with it, and so on. After all, what matters is caring about each other as a society, individually and also about ourselves, including our bodies, which are also representations of us in this life.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Well said. I appreciate your 2¢
@PiotrKaszuba8403
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 pm
@Mistah_Green Thank you.
@DY2784
January 6, 2026 at 4:51 pm
A GORGEOUS large Woman. I’m a Foodie who stopped exercising, then menopause and Covid happened. I’m large, old, unmotivated… 👍
@cheryljohnston8152
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 pm
Thank you for your vulnerability on this topic.
@pro-tech58
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 pm
NOPE
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Clearly you didn’t comprehend the point she was making
@_---__
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 pm
Her data is 100% inaccurate and she is not telling the truth.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 pm
You are a literal bot. Ignorance is bliss
@ForAnAngel
January 6, 2026 at 9:21 pm
No, you can’t be fat and healthy. That mentality is what’s led Americans to become the fattest country on Earth.
@FiveRomeoCharlie
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 pm
America had an obesity problem long before the wave of “fat is healthy” absurdity. I’d say it was caused more by misguided advice from the government like the food pyramid, saying low-fat foods are healthy, etc. Add to that the subsidies that lead to corn syrup being added to everything and you have a recipe for the current disaster.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 pm
She literally acknowledged that being overweight is unhealthy but your dumb ah just didn’t process anything she said 😂
@FiveRomeoCharlie
January 7, 2026 at 4:17 pm
@Mistah_Green The 0:20 mark in this clip seems to disagree with you.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:20 pm
@FiveRomeoCharlie “fat people can be healthy or unhealthy”
I can see you’re not really understanding, but that’s not my problem. Do better.
@FiveRomeoCharlie
January 7, 2026 at 4:41 pm
@Mistah_Green She’s saying that being fat doesn’t automatically mean you’re unhealthy, and this directly contradicts what you claimed that she said when you first replied in this thread: “She literally acknowledged that being overweight is unhealthy”.
@xxxGhostRiderTacion
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 am
I bet she doesn’t even try to avoid cooking oil
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 pm
🤨 are you genuinely this dense?
@khushimishra4278
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 am
She’s right, critisism never does any good to anyone whether its coming from others or yourself.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 pm
Criticism can do a lot of good if it’s valid and coming at the right time and in a thoughtful way. Often times though it just comes from dense people that just want to drag others down because it makes them feel superior.
@michaelazarov2065
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 am
You can’t have your cake 🍰 and eat it too
@MaffyTaffyHaffy
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 am
No, you’re wrong. Two things cannot be right at once the way that you’re saying in this context.People can dislike fat people and it’s also not healthy. There’s no world in which someone being fat will be considered healthy. Not accepting that is only making your life worse and prolonging your suffering. No fat person likes being fat. And no one with a good heart would recommend someone being fat over being healthy. It’s a cope.
And if you truly do recommend someone to be unhealthy because you find it beautiful, then you don’t really actually want the best for people. You actually want to bring them down to where you’re at so you can feel more comfortable about the mistakes you’ve made to yourself. Why is it every fat person I meet they always have an excuse? They always have some magical medical thing that makes them like that? When in fact, everyone in the room knows they’re lying. The way that full grown adult adults escape responsibility for their own personal choices is something that I will continue to laugh at for the rest of my life. I completely changed my life through weightlifting, and I really don’t wanna hear it. I had to do a big bulk and I was literally sick to my stomach with how much food I had to fucking eat to make it happen. Eating like that is a goddamn choice and I really don’t know how you guys manage to eat that much to make yourself look like that.
Why do I even have to respect someone that doesn’t even respect themselves ? Get out of here
@TuggSpeedmanTheFirst
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 am
Okay then make the change, I see a lot of talking and not a lot of change
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 pm
You should do more listening. You clearly didn’t comprehend the point she was making
@TuggSpeedmanTheFirst
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 pm
@Mistah_GreenI comprehended a lot of talking. It’s okay to be super unhealthy as long as you accept yourself!!! 😊😊😊
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 pm
@TuggSpeedmanTheFirst in the sense that it’s not helpful to hate yourself or be bullied about things you’re trying to change. You clearly still don’t get it
@Mustbecrazytobehere
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 am
Processed foods today are designed to become addictive.
@Mine-sp4qb
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 pm
It’s not so Hard to take care of your body.
@FiveRomeoCharlie
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Depends on the individual and their situation. Unhealthy food can be just as addictive or even more addictive than the most addictive illicit drugs. People in bad circumstances sometimes choose food as an escape and end up obese. Also, much of what the mainstream medical establishment tells us about healthy lifestyles, such as calorie restriction or low-fat diets, doesn’t help the problem, indeed makes it worse. It can be very hard to take care of your body for some people.
@Mistah_Green
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 pm
So many people commenting just to spew ignorance and mouth off about how anyone that’s overweight is inferior and don’t deserve basic respect or human decency. Unsurprising
@ThomasThomas-tx5yj
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 pm
What is happening to Ted Talks? Now it has become a place where people come to blurt out BS.
No medical texts (prior to “woke” era) says that fat is healthy. My wife who is an OBGyn often says how much these doctors stresses over when the patient is overweight. Obese patients present so much additional risks that a healthy person would not. Other doctors say the same, especially Cardiologists.
Fat is not healthy. It never was and never will be. Accept it and deal with it.
@maxsilbert
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 am
It’s important to love yourself and stand up for yourself no matter what body you have, but it’s dangerous to say being fat can be healthy “just like any of us”. Obesity is objectively harmful to the human body and deadly in the long run. I’m saying that as a lifelong fatty lol
@vthtran1
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 am
Could you please send my advice about the way to lose weight to her? (1) Do aecrobics. There are some youtube websites about aecrobics or yoga of the Vietnamese (2) Use the product about “slim body”; (3) Drink some types of Detox beverages on youtube. (4) avoid eating at night. Remember the Vietnamese sayings , “Have breakfast like a king. Have lunch as a rich man.
Have dinner as a beggar.”; (5) Avoid eating fastfood and food with a lot of cholesterol.
@Yizz-h6w
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 am
Fast