1. Do you feel "fat shaming" is an effective tool at helping people manage their weight? (2pts)
2. Something we need to consider when answering this question is...Do you think being "fat" is unhealthy? (2pts)
3. When you see someone that is over weight, do you know how active they are? (2pts)
4. Similarly, when we see someone that is of a "healthy weight", do we know what underlying conditions they might have? (2pts)
5. If someone is overweight but participates in regular bouts of cardiovascular exercise are they less healthy than the thin person that lives a sedentary lifestyle? (2pts)

A part of my thoughts below for your reference:

A key takeaway from this lecture is that we can't actually determine somebody's overall health by looking at them. Consider a person that smokes or has a heart condition. We can't see their underlying condition but it could be argued that they are more unhealthy than an overweigh person. The issue with fat shaming is that it assumes a person leads a certain lifestyle and that their choices are to blame for their weight. Now that may be true some of the time but not all of the time. A lot of what determines a persons health comes down to quality, quantity and duration of their exposure to PA. For this reason a person that is thin but lives a sedentary lifestyle can be unhealthier than an overweight person that exercises the appropriate amount for that individual on a regular basis.

As kinesiologist it is important to stress PA and teach people how to introduce it to their lives.

There is no question that obesity can negatively contribute to a persons health. That said, it should be viewed as an associated risk factor, and it shouldn't be the way we measure alone. Many things are risk factors like smoking, speeding, poor diet, lack of access to quality healthcare, genetic predispositions and low back pain. All of these can push us towards and away from the healthy end of the spectrum. As kinesiology students it is important to recognize our biases and not let them affect how we treat people.