The article "Don't You Realize Fat is Unhealthy?" reflects upon and disputes many of the negative stereotypes associated with fat people and their supposed inherent unhealthiness. Through advertisements for diet pills, people of size are often depicted as unattractive, lazy, and unhealthy. The media presents thinness as the antithesis of fatness, and, in order to sell products, maintains a negative stereotype associated with fatness in order to make thin bodies seem superior. The negative connotations associated with fatness (i.e. unhealthy lifestyle choices) are maintained in order to cultivate a culture of fear, in which self-loathing is the objective.
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