We need to stop telling fatties to eat healthy and exercise; that is just putting the cart before the horse. When you are a healthy BMI, you reap many benefits that are obvious (aka thin privilege among the pigs). Fatties are self-denied these benefits and it pisses them off so much that things like FA and HAES are gaining terrifying traction. Not only are fatties causing catastrophic financial crises due to their gluttony, they are dooming us as a species because they keep breeding and passing their gluttonous ways on to the next generation. This MUST become an all-out war if we are to survive on this planet. We need a laser focus on what must be the first priority -- a thorough understanding of CICO. Nothing else is as important as this simple fact. The desire to choose healthy foods and to move our bodies in challenging ways almost always springs out of a love of being a healthy BMI. You can try to lecture people into valuing healthy foods and exercise, but the most effective way for a person to achieve that mentality is to already have a healthy body. Fatties despise any unnecessary movement because it causes them discomfort, even pain. They despise the notion of monitoring their intake because 1) they see no immediate benefit to it and 2) their addiction to sugar has hijacked any ability they have to enjoy healthy foods. Once the sugar addiction has taken them hostage, they are pretty much a lost cause anyway, but telling them to eat healthy and exercise is subverting what should be the single most important message: eat less. Period. Those who continue to ingore the clarion call will continue to die off, but those who no longer have to swallow (teehee) the idea of giving up sweets or hitting the gym might have a chance to be reached. Not because they deserve to be saved, but because WE deserve to have fewer fats around threatening the very survival of our species. The question is how do we make a thorough understanding of CICO something that permeates our culture the same way that knowing how bad cigarettes are for you is pervasive? Our culture needs a complete overhaul in this regard, but we’ve done it before. Why can’t we seem to do it again?