They haven't been. If anything, things are worse now than they were thirty years ago. I don't see the humor in it. Yet, in the very next breath, we are encouraged to laugh at an overweight person who is trying to do just that. If society really is so concerned about the number of overweight people in this country, its citizens will have to learn that seeing a heavy person jogging, or playing basketball, or doing some other activity is no cause for levity.
Every person has a right to try and be healthy.
All the speeches and articles aimed at overweight people who don't exercise make those of us who are overweight feel bad about ourselves. With people always on hand to humiliate us, it's harder for some of us to try, and win, in the health game. Choose the exercise that's best for you. Feel better about yourself. Next, click on an article from those displayed.