The idea of "body acceptance" pisses me off when used to excuse being fat I'm sure this has been discussed a lot already but just putting my two cents in here. Each one of us is born with something that I'm sure we would have wished we could change at some point in our lives. Some physical attribute you were born with. For me it was having freckles - I used to fantasize about what it would be like to have completely spotless skin instead of freckles. As a teen I would try to hide them under heavy makeup and just ended up looking ridiculous. I still wear makeup to smooth my complexion a little, but anyway = if I had known that there was a way I could simply lose my freckles by EATING LESS and EXERCISING I would have been the happiest girl in the planet and I would have taken action immediately! I've grown to accept and embrace what I had, and this, my friends, is body acceptance.  Realizing that your 'big nose' isn't unattractive and learning to appreciate it is body acceptance. Embracing your wild curly hair is body acceptance. Being really tall, or really short, and totally rocking it is body acceptance. Getting yourself into a state of being utterly obese and simply saying "Oh well I guess I have to learn to love myself and accept my body" is not the same thing at ALL.