In “Fat and Happy?” Hillel Schwartz uses real life examples and satire to describe the ways in which social and physical harm are brought to heavier people. Schwartz claims that culminating amounts social stigma have caused an increase in dangerous dieting, eating disorders and poor body image. In order to help the reader understand the ways in which society infringes on the lives of fat people, the author satirically describes a world in which everyone is on equal terms regardless of weight. Schwartz begins his argument by analyzing the ways social pressures can cause unnecessary health complications. He starts by explaining the ways in which the public views these fat individuals and the associations made about them. Fat people, Schwartz
