Wow, a Youtuber with a smart idea!
"Yes, this video's real purpose is to scare people into being healthy. Do you know why? Because being nice isn't cutting it."
Look guys, there is no way around this: whether it's your decision or not, if you don't take care of your body then your body won't take care of you. It takes 0 effort to control what and how much you eat. None, in fact, you'd probably spend LESS time and money avoiding junk. And even though the results aren't instant, 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day is all it takes. If you don't have 30 minutes, then make time: it only takes 3 weeks to permanently make something a part of your routine.
You don't need help. You have the time. You don't need to spend money on equipment, or trainers, or special food. You know EXACTLY what you need to do: it's no simpler than "Eat less, exercise more." I came down to a healthy, even athletic weight, from near-morbid obesity in under two years, while taking 20 credit hour semesters (maintaining a 3.75 GPA to keep my scholarship) and working two jobs to pay for college. And yes, everything in my life improved after that, you're damn right I am now "thin privileged". I earned that: what's your excuse?
It's not complicated. Sure, it's your choice if you choose not to stay healthy...but it's also your choice to change and BECOME healthy. Maybe not an easy choice if you've been "big" your entire life. As one other commenter said, it's like quitting smoking. Making a change that big is hard. It probably won't be fun. But here's what you get for that effort:
-You'll have more energy
-You'll be more attractive (Yes people, deal with it. Being fat, or big, or curvy, or whatever you want to call it, is not attractive, nor will any amount of ranting on "This is thin privilege" change that)
-You'll be more active
-You'll be more productive
-You'll sleep better
-You'll have more healthy years
-You'll spend less on medicine (and if you're in a single-payer country, and I'll get to this in a second, you won't burden your fellow citizens with the *weight* of extra taxes, hyuck hyuck)
-You'll spend less on food
-You'll be a happier person
-You get to raise a big, fat (metaphorically, of course), flying middle finger to the junk food companies. That McDonald's that drove a small local restaurant out of business? Yea, fuck you! That industrial farming operation that put a family that owned a farm for four generations out of business? Fuck you too!
I also firmly believe there exists a moral obligation to be healthy. First, as society moves towards single-payer health care, every medical procedure doesn't cost YOU money, it costs EVERYONE money. Meanwhile, there might be an underfunded school somewhere, or a library needing to be built, or a student who needs a federal grant to go to college, or a police department that can't keep people safe because it's underfunded. And you? You're EATING that money. Hope it tastes good. If not for yourself, do it for the rest of us.
And of course, there's the environment. Do you know what the junk food and fast food industries are doing to this planet? Well, somewhere between a quarter and a third of all global warming is due to methane from livestock, red meat (cows and pigs) being the greatest offender. Simply reducing your red meat consumption wouldn't just benefit your own health, it would benefit the entire planet. Same with, heaven forbid, walking somewhere or riding a bike instead of driving (you even save gas money). And the additional crop production that has to happen to supply the junk food industry isn't helping matters either: habitat destruction and nutrient pollution (aka eutrophication, due to fertilizer runoff) are two of the biggest drivers of the current mass extinction. And maybe you don't believe in that. Fine. If not for the rest of us, do it for yourself.
By choosing not to do it at all, you're putting your own want to eat a Big Mac and watch TV all day (which you probably won't even particularly enjoy) above the real needs of others. So yea, I'm going to be mean about it! If the government is going to use my money, I want it put to good use. I live in the environment, and I want it to stay in a good condition, I want there still to be beautiful places in the world that haven't been razed to put in corn fields. The solution to all the problems of health, the environment, and even the economy that are due to the obesity epidemic and its various causes could very well start to be implemented TODAY, but only if you choose to help.
Shaming is not the opposite of acceptance and support. Telling you the truth isn't an insult, however uncomfortable that truth might be. If you're fat, and you've got a problem with that, you've no one to blame but yourself. But, lest you consider me hateful and negative, let me say that that is not at all the attitude I want to project. I'm not "shaming" you for being fat, as though fatness is a fundamental element of your being and until you cease to be fat you are a lesser human being. I am trying to say, without sugarcoating it (no pun intended...well, maybe just a little), that you CAN improve, and for the benefit of yourself and everyone else, SHOULD. Maybe some nastiness and straight talk will provide some motivation and gravitas where this country's wishy-washy health education system failed to do so.