Being overweight is a symptom of lifestyle issues. Being fat is a manageable disease that can be cured. I just wanted to throw a different spin into the FPH. If absolute shaming isn't motivation to get the overweight to consider lifestyle changes, perhaps appealing to logic will. Temporary Dieting will not help you lose weight. You must eat good foods as your day to day staple. You must find the healthy pattern of what to eat and in what quantity.    Do not skip breakfast. starving yourself in bursts will not reduce weight effectively, especially if you are not assisting your metabolism in getting going. Your metabolism may be overall in an unhealthy place, understanding how it works and how to assist it will help get it back to work.   Exercise! Its part of the issue, you are gathering more calories than you are burning. Even a little bit will help you. If you are excessively overweight a small amount of effort will help get you into a pattern of healthy living and may end up saving your life by adding years of longevity. FPH may rub you the wrong way, but its the FAT we hate that's killing you, and the PEOPLE that tell you not to do anything about it. Don't be one of those people yourself.