Seconds, anyone? These peoples' livelihood depends on it.

We’re it not for attached article on weight discrimination, we would’ve never known there is an online journal “Obesity” and something else called the “The International Journal of Obesity” and something else still called The Obesity Society.

Weight discrimination is on the rise and a few people who work at the fine institutions mentioned above and similar believe something needs to be done about it.

Lynn McAfee, director of medical advocacy at the non-profit Council on Size and Weight Discrimination in Mt. Marion, N.Y., is not surprised by the findings.

"Until we clean up language like 'war on obesity' and have authorities speak out about it, discrimination will continue to increase," she says.

and..

"Weight discrimination is a very serious social problem that we need to pay attention to," says Rebecca Puhl of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, a co-author of both studies.

Its hard-hitting analysis and solution-based problem-solving such as this is precisely what will turn the tide in this national pandemic.

The IJO claims that among severely obese people about 28% of men and 45% of women claim they have experienced weight discrimination. We imagine this would make for some rather awkward moments in canvassing….

“Excuse me, ma’am. Have you recently experienced discrimination because of your weight?”

“Uhhh….. Why do you ask?”

H/T: Hot Air