Jane Ogden

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According to U.S. talk show host Bill Maher fat shaming "make a comeback", a fellow host James Corden called for a passionate response has won wide support online.

"It has been proven that fat-shaming is only one thing," he said. "It makes people feel ashamed and feel shame leads to depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior self-destructive behavior, like overeating. "

"If You make fun of fat people made You lose weight, there would be no fat children in the schools. "

Maher have a point? The NHS recorded 10,660 hospitalizations in 2017/18, where obesity is the primary diagnosis was.

In the United States, The Situation is still strong. More Than 70% of adults over 20 are overweight or obese,

On Twitter, the former Pro-baseball player, Kevin Youkilis , claimed that he owed his "whole career" fat shaming after he first scouts overlooked because of his weight.

this experience, though, is atypical, says Jane Ogden , professor of Health Psychology at the University of Surrey.

"Shaming is the wrong way to go," she told the BBC programme on Monday.

"All The Evidence is that fat shaming only makes people feel worse. It lowers self-esteem. It makes You feel depressed and anxious, and as a result of that, what do You do then, is self-destructive. "

A is found, instead of encouraging the people to lose weight, fat-shaming led people to put on more weight.

Victoria Abraham, 19, lives and studies in New York city, but grew up in Florida.

she says her first-hand experience shows Mr. Maher is wrong about fat-shaming.

"I was ashamed of my whole life for my weight and I'm still fat. If nasty comments were made to feel as a child, I used to Go Home after class and eat me better.

"It's not like the people these comments from a place of care said. She wanted me to be small and negative over my body.

"the people who took care of my health, my parents and my doctor and that's it. They were the Only People to speak the The Right had to me about my body. The children on The Street were just teasing me for different. "

Victoria emphasises that they are now very confident about her body and reflected that, if her younger self would have seen that she would now have been your childhood a lot happier.

"You wasn't allowed to be fat and happy," She Said . "They were not allowed To Love yourself, no matter what You looked like".

It was a change, the media they consumed, and that made all the difference.

"After I I started in the middle of the school to read books with fat characters and TV with fat women, began to change the way I saw myself. If You only have the media with thin, white women think that something is wrong with them. But if You want to see beautiful fat women, You 'll start to see the beauty in themselves. "

Victoria also confirms the health effects of obesity.

"losing weight is good for your health, but I Am anti-diet. I tried to make the most of them, and only The Weight again after the diet. Now I need to try to exercise more and eat healthier things. "

"It's a very hard conversation," Professor Ogden told the BBC.

"The Evidence for the impact of excess body weight and obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart-Disease - is very clear. And this is education, we need to have.

"But to get there, the border between the message You are Out There and to be ashamed of, then, is actually someone who is So Fine , those conversations are very difficult. "

Even if You do it to lose weight, fat-shaming can have a negative impact on health in other ways.

Mavity, 25, lives in Los Angeles . Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, he was, as he says, "extremely chubby".

It is not a description that You would use to him today.

"You were added, You can Call Me double d, and the stuff. I then decided to High School , just so I could avoid this, was never thick," he told the BBC.

developed an eating disorder.

"Fat shaming causes me to lose weight, but not in a healthy way. I started to clean, after each meal," he said.

"I hurt myself over and over again, because of over-exercising. I think I have. I was getting angry whenever I can't figure out. I can't shake it. Because of the fat-shaming, I mean the value of connecting as a human with the way I look. "

"Shaming someone for everything that doesn't help - Whatever is The Thing that is declared to shame," Professor Ogden.

"It's not exactly a positive way to Society . "

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Source of news: bbc.com