for a generation of impressionable youth that have proven to be more than ready to over-indulge in ANYTHING put before them, is a TV show that seems to glorify the concept of “acceptance over activism” really the best idea?
ironic that ABC puts a “huge” sidebar on the page talking about eating right, exercising, and living “huge”, yet from the 15 minutes of my life i wasted after unfortunately being told of this show all i gathered was that the characters in the show struggle with their weight, but overcome all with strength of character to find love, hwp-contentiness, and success.
all fine and good. more power to people overcoming adversity. but promoting a culture of obesity acceptance among an impressionable group that should be doing anything & everything to avoid it is really sick.
how many people was it again that die every year of heart disease, and lifestyle-related illness?
i’m sure the number is huge.
(am i off base? do you watch the show? is the message sent in the promo’s different from that sent in the episodes? let me know in the comments.)