According to a New Study, the Whole Country is Overweight has a
new article comparing obesity trends in 1985 vs. today, and let
me tell you, it’s not pretty.   You should take a look at the
article, just to see the difference in the color-coded maps.
It’s sad. Now, that said, I don’t think this news surprises
anyone, so instead of overanalyzing this story, let’s ask the
important question. Where do media outlets get all these stock
images of fat people? Every other local news story features
b-roll footage of overweight people’s stomachs as they walk
around the mall. If the videographer is good he’ll pan from the
blurry image of the fat person over to the Cinnabon sign to
really drive the point home. We get it. People are overweight.
Do we really need the neck-down images of large people walking
in and out of Lord & Taylor? What happens when those people get
home and watch the news, then see their midsection shaking
around during a story on proposed soda bans? My worst nightmare
is one day seeing myself on one