"People" is doing some heavy lifting here. There are some fringe people on trying to push that but most people I see are trying to explain that the main problem with obesity is that it is a food supply and class problem.
There are also tons and tons of people trying to lose weight, and having an awful time at it :-) . Just three minutes ago I was summarizing 2024 for myself. I did an awful lot of SUP, and tried to lose weight. Results: weight decreased, then increased back when I got into a relationship that included unhealthy habits. I got rid of the factors that worked against my weight control effort and now things are looking up again. But most people in my age are married and with kids, and they are not going to leave or even fight their significant other and the kids over the family's eating habits....
I'm not so sure about that, especially with all the commentary coming out of the Brian Thompson murder.
A lot of people are angry about the fact that the US spends the most on healthcare, but we don't actually live that long - with the implication that healthcare here in the US is a racket just stealing our money and not helping us.
But, why don't we live very long, compared to other people? A big reason is probably how fat we are, and how little we take care of our bodies. The best health care system in the world won't be able to fix you if you've ignored doctors orders to lose weight for 30 years and then have some health issues associated with that.
So, while people aren't explicitly saying "being fat is great", they are implicitly saying it, by pointing to something other than our own lifestyle choices as to the reason why we have bad health outcomes relative to the amount we spend on healthcare.
I would not call billboards for clothing featuring morbidly obese people "fringe".
"Fat acceptance" is actually quite popular. It's not fringe. Fringe is being a furry. The entire medical field walks on egg shells because of so called "fatphobia".
