Time.com has an article titled “The Obese Feel More Discrimination”. See the article at: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730150,00.html.

As obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., so might our acceptance of those who are overweight. But a new study from Yale University suggests the converse trend: rather than feeling tolerance in our society, the overweight and obese say they feel more heavily discriminated against now than they did a decade ago.

I personally don’t “discriminate” against obese people but I have a hard time feeling sorry for the fat lady at Wal*Mart when I look in her cart and it’s full of Oreos, soda, chips, and ice cream. I think making the world more “obese-friendly” by making subway turnstiles and bus seats wider is a step in the wrong direction. I think it’s a type of enabling the obese. Rather than saying “we’ll help you become more healthy” (note I say ‘healthy’ and not ’skinny’) we are saying “Ok we’ll accommodate your unhealthy lifestyle.”