FPH is filled with many stories and pictures of the Ham-mans, I would like to propose some credible arguments as to why the increase in Fat People is a more occurrence. Stats from Scotland. BMI: There are two ways of measuring BMI. One, the easy method, is to divide your weight by your height. The second was developed by The World Health Organization and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. They are promoting the new measurement of Waist Circumference with the Body Mass Index. The idea being if you have a high waist circumference and a high body mass index, you are considered at extreme risk of Type 2 Diabetes and other associated health risks of being over weight. Weight: Obesity is still an issue, not only in the first world but in developing countries as well. Both Scotland and England see a 67% population that is obese or over weight. This does appear as a plateau for the past 3 years in scotland at 66%.  Between the ages of 16-64 in Scotland, obesity has a rise of about 10% since 1995. In England in 1998, over 30,000 deaths were attributed to Obesity, 9,000 were premature. In 2004, around 34,100 deaths were attributed to Obesity. Roughly a rise of about 0.8%. http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/361003/0122058.pdf http://www.hscic.gov.uk/.../obes-phys-acti-diet-eng-2015.pdf From 2001 to 2012, the population in Scotland the recorded cases of Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2) has increased from ~100,000 to ~250,000, more than doubled. http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/publi.../sds%202012.pdf My argument here is that: 1) Obesity is a problem which is increasing within the population 2) I will commend the HAES in promoting activity but I will strongly disagree with anyone who promotes a Blanket Ideology that plus size people are healthy.