Healthy Lifestyle, Bodyshaming, Fat and Kids: Eat Y'self Fitter

Eat Y'self Fitter

By Shnur - 05/04/2009 04:25 - United States

Today, my patient, a chubby little girl, stood on a scale to measure her weight. She was 5 years-old and weighed 65 lbs. I started giving her advice on eating healthy: fruits, vegetables, and more greens. She turned to her mother with shocked look and said, "But mommy, the doctor is fat too!" FML

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By trying - 24/09/2023 22:30 - United States

Today, I tried to nicely talk to my daughter about her rapid weight gain. Having a family history of weight-related illness, I felt it was necessary. I offered to get thyroid tests, teach her to buy healthy food, and start routine exercise. She told everyone I called her a cow and had fat-shamed her. FML

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By me - 06/05/2013 00:56 - United States - Floresville

Today, my 6-year-old daughter walked into the bathroom where I was grumbling about my weight. Seeing how upset I was, she took my hand and said, "Mom, you're not fat. You just look fat." FML

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Kids are assholes to each other

By sphear880 - 21/05/2021 19:59

Today, I have discovered that my daughter is struggling with anorexia. When I sat down to talk with her about it, she said it’s because, "all the other kids at school keep calling her fat." She was underweight before, and has now gone to being severely underweight. FML

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You deserved it 72

Nice

By ChubbyButt - 16/01/2013 10:48 - Canada - Brampton

Today, I was at the doctor's for a regular check-up. When my appointment was over and I was about to walk out, she yelled across the room in front of everyone, "Oh and if you could lose some weight, that'd be great." FML

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You deserved it 7 032

**** your "beach body" noise

By that’s not how it works - 16/07/2021 02:01 - United States

Today, my daughter expressed wanting to lose weight so I took her to a licensed dietician nutritionist to get her a healthy eating plan, and even made her an appointment with a personal trainer to get her on track. I walked in on her eating a whole box of laxatives, because "this way is faster." FML

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You deserved it 110

By Fatty1970 - 23/05/2011 01:33 - United States

Today, I told my kids that our family dog was getting too fat and we should give him a little less food. My youngest daughter whispered to her sister, "Mommy's fat and we still give her food." FML

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You deserved it 19 826

By mynameislor - 09/02/2010 14:26 - Canada

Today, my mum was saying she needs to gain weight because she was underweight according to her doctor. She then said she's going to eat like me in order to gain more weight. FML

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Heavy

By Betty - 17/03/2010 18:26 - United States

Today, I went in for a doctor's appointment. When I got on the scale, I was really excited to see that I'd lost ten pounds since the last time I weighed myself at the gym. The doctor then severely lectured me on the fact that I had gained twenty since my visit last year. FML

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Great input, thanks

By Anonymous - 15/06/2019 06:30 - United States - Durham

Today, I had a doctor's appointment because I've recently lost weight. I'm already underweight, and I was concerned because the weight loss has been causing some other health concerns to worsen. My doctor's exact words of advice? "Eating food usually leads to weight gain." FML

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By Missyangel - 31/12/2009 07:39 - United States

Today, my 7 year-old looked at me and stated, "When I grow up Mommy I want to be fat just like you." FML

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You deserved it 11 450

ammali 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 14:56

Why the HELL is anybody saying the doctor deserved this? 5 years old and 65lbs is quite overweight. The average 5 year old is somewhere between 30-40, give or take a bit. The kid will have all kinds of health problems if something doesn't change soon, and Doc here was doing their JOB. Also, #11 is right, the one who should be getting the lecture is dear old Mom and Dad, probably letting their kid eat too many snacks and sodas and junk. Poor kid.

got_rice 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 14:48

I'd say the kid's the one who should be saying FML...at that age, they really have no control over what they eat, so its entirely the parent's fault for letting them eat poorly.

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Carribu 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 17:32

lmao @ #2

freddie_fml 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 18:51

GOOD FOR HER. There's nothing worse than a hypocritical doctor lecturing someone about their weight. You have no idea how many times I've wanted to say this exact same thing to doctors who also reeked of cigarette smoke. I wish this little girl was my daughter.

rndg 0

Saturday 24 July 2010 16:24

I think a 65 pound five year old is worse than a hypocritical doctor.

horneyhic 15

Thursday 30 June 2011 20:31

it there Job to make u as healthy as possible if they wanna kill themselves that's there problem

aatomkins 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 18:55

Little kids are so honest, If I want to know how fat I am, that is where I go

wholeon 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 19:23

Basically everyone here needs to read: "The Obesity Myth" by Paul Campos and/or kateharding.net, particularly http://kateharding.net/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/

kwbuzz23wk 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 19:31

#26, please say you are not an English or Spelling teacher...

RyeBreadBoy 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 19:33

lol jesus. so your doctor is fat. or smokes. or drinks. guess what? he's still going to tell you not to do it. because you shouldn't. because it's bad for you. doctors are people too. they don't always do what they are supposed to. i didn't realize practicing medicine meant you had to be perfect. god forbid i was a doctor and got cancer. then am i not allowed to treat people with cancer? that's what you're saying.

Roto13 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 19:41

#3: "thats what you get for being fat and giving health advice. drop some pounds if you wanna call other people fat." Please. The person who wrote this is obviously a doctor or at least a registered dietitian. They're more qualified to give diet advice than the vast majority of fit people out there. This isn't some random overweight person telling a random person on the street that they have to lose weight. Learn the difference. Way too many idiot commenters here are acting like if a doctor does something they have no right to tell the truth about whether it's harmful or not.