FYI – to make an argument people may read try some basic grammar and spelling tips I have taken the liberty of offering some on your ill constructed argument. Unfortunately in places I have no idea of your actual meaning.

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I have thought for a long time to come up with an answer to demonstrate the stupidity of your article. (Try not to end sentences in prepositions unless they absolutely cannot be re-written)

Today I think I found the perfect comparison: You compare (show up is a non-standard phrasing that doesn’t really appy in this situation you are taking issue with his comparison) the obesity problem by connecting it to the problems malnutrition and starvation.(using the proper connective verbs and adverbs is important for clarity)

I found something similar (simplification = clarity): There are people in the industrial nations who (not which) got all (you don’t need exaggeration when you write clearly) the money that (not what) the developing countries lack. (again the simplification and preposition thing)

So the rich (rich is not spelled with two “h”’s) American an Europe People STOLE the money from the poor people.

According to your logic I would have to make the rich (really not two “h”’s – spell check would have caught this) Europe/American (nations are always capitalized) people think about the disproportionate wealth gap (when you are using a new thought don’t us “it” make it clear what you are referring to) by building up a totally stupid (what? you would need to build a totally stupid what? – subjects in sentences are important the thought is lost without them) argument (I’m guessing at your meaning); (semi-colon for the sentence fragment) and the I would have (would have is future past not had which is simple) to disrespect anybody’s opinion that’s not the same as mine (again add clarity with subjects).

Other examples can be easily (has one “e”) found (adjective before verb – and you need a subject or a period – they can easily be found where or by doing what?).

One other aspect that you are completely (totally is a numeric reference if he is is wrong on 10 of 10 items it is totally incorrect, if he is simply wrong in his conclusion and you want to emphasize that he is completely wrong) wrong about is the assumption (subjects, tell us what he is toally wrong about) that if the people in Europe/American did not have so many obese children (it made no sense to say that people in Europe/America didn’t have enough obese children) they (subject again) would then (time) give the food to Africa and Asia.

There would be enough food for all starving people if they money. In the end the malnutrition and starvation are consequences of (not from use the derivative) the capitalism not from anybody stealing food away.

Do you expect that the companies would take the food that they cannot sell to fat kids anymore and bring it to the Africans? (Capitalize countries and questions need a question mark)

Did ever anybody mention that you are (if you say were you are agreeing that he is stupid no more, which I don’t think is your intent) stupid, naive (again, spell check) or something?

If someone (improper subject tense) did they were (since it’s an impersonal noun the gender singular does not work) completely (again numbers vs. qualifiers) right. (Right is non-standard useage but common enough – correct would be more formal)

According to your logic I would have to make the rhich europe/american people think about it by building up a totally stupid and I had to disrespect anybody’s opinion that’s not totally the same.

Other examples can be found easiely but one other aspect that you are totally wrong about is that if the people in Europe/American would give the food to Africa and Asia if their weren’t enough obese children.
There would be quite enough food for all starving people if they money to pay it. In the end the malnutrition and starvation are consequences from the capitalism not from anybody stealing food away.
Do you expect that the companies would take the food that they cannot sell to fat kids anymore and bring it to the africans.

Did ever anybody mention that you were stupid, naiv or something? If anybody did he was totally right.

I also hate the comments that a lot of the FA people make about thin people being either 1) anorexic 2) freaks of nature 3) gorgers of food that simply digest food quicker.

I am an normal sized 24 year old female. By ‘normal’ I mean that I am in the lower end of the ‘healthy’ BMI and I am guilty of eating unhealthy food at times. I live on campus at a university and the food options suck. That said, I realize that my options are limited and that sometimes I might eat the bad stuff so I have to take extra care the next time I eat to make healthier choices. I also make extra time at the gym, or go for walks around campus in between classes. I know this is the case with many ‘thin’ people. Yes, many of us indulge in unhealthy junk but realistically, we still eat a lot less and quite a bit healthier than our fatter counterparts. I know that a lot of fat people would like to think that the majority of thin people are sloth-like junk food eating machines that happen to not get fat due to genetics but in my experience, this is untrue. A lot of thin people eat junk food. However, a lot the of the same people do eat less than the fatties and they move more. My roommate for example is a petite girl from Malaysia that can eat massive amounts of food. One time we were eating lunch with some friends and one of the fat girls said to her “how come we eat the same things and you stay skinny but I get fat. That’s not fair”. What she doesn’t pay attention to or inquire about is that my roommate is also incredibly active and that she sees those meals as indulgences. She doesn’t eat like that all the time. She talks about craving chocolate but she doesn’t eat it most of the time because she knows that it will to do her health.

I would argue that for the majority of thin people, we still have to work at maintaining our health. I find it such a straw man argument when I read in some of the FA blogs that “well lots of skinny people eat big macs but they happen to be freaks of nature so they metabolize quicker”. I bet if a fat person actually studied the habits of a thin person over a period of time, they would find that most of them live a reasonably healthy lifestyle.

As for intuitive eating….I have a huge problem with this. How on earth are you supposed to learn what your body is actually craving when you give in every time the body wants something unhealthy? I could understand intuitive eating as a concept if it actually would talk about purging of all unhealthy foods for a period of time to tune the body to stop craving the junk but it glosses over that. If you continue to eat crap while trying to listen to what you’re body needs, you’re gonna get mixed signals all the time. It just doesn’t make any logical sense. To me, all it sounds like is a justification to live the lifestyle of a self indulgent lush. I mean, I love melted cheese on pretty much anything but I’d be fooling myself if I actually believed that I’m craving melted cheese because my body needs the fat. Nonsense.

Rex