It cannot accurately classify body builders. It does not distinguish between body fat and lean body mass. There are, most certainly, rationalizations galore to supply seeming justification for the frequent rudeness and the occasional brutality which fat people encounter in person and in print. It is attributed to one of the easiest forms of self-indulgence in a prosperous culture. Further, overeating where food is in abundance requires neither courage nor skill, neither learning nor guile.
Gluttony demands less energy than lust, less industry than avarace.
The fat human being, accordingly, is taken to be both physically and morally absurd, and to constitute a living testimony to the reality and the vapidity of his sins. WHO defines starvation as 900 calories or less a day. A normal adult diet is considered to be 2400-3000 calories per day. Anxiety, depression, lethargy, lowered self-esteem, decreased attention span, weakness, high blood pressure, hair loss, gall bladder disease, gall stones, heart disease, ulcers, constipation, anemia, dry skin, skin rashes, dizziness, reduced sex drive, menstrual irregularites and amenorrhea in women, gout, infertility, kidney stones, numbness in the legs, weight gain, eating disorders, reduced resistance to infection, lowered exercise tolerance, and death. They are stigmatized, infantilized, denied their rights, and blamed for it all.