Section 3 - News

There have been several stories in the news recently about overweight people.


1) Fat Man Yells Abuse at Kelis - In september 2011 a story was in the news about an overweight man who saw Kelis at an airport and started yelling racist comments at her. The newspapers that reported the story focused on the fact that he was fat, calling him sweaty and red faced. This article suggests that overweight people can often be agressive and rude, and are often sweaty.



2) An article in the Daily Mail recently told of an obese man who had stolen food from restaurants on many different occasions. The fact that his crime was stealing food might suggest that all overweight people are obsessed with food, and possible even are all criminals. Lots of the comments that readers wrote under the article made fun of the man suggesting that he was disgusting and revolting. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262992/George-Jolicur-The-43-stone-man-fat-lock-up.html

3) Another article in the Daily Mail wrote about how if you are friends with an overweight person, you may end up overweight yourself! The article might suggest to a reader that being friends with overweight people is not a good idea, and may lead to overweight people having less friends. It represents overweight friends as being dangerous for your health. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1038402/Why-fat-friend-make-fat-well.html