Embarrassed Indian Health Ministry Removes 'Fat Shaming' Tweet After Outrage on Social Media

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) tweeted “What’s your choice?”, which showed a fat women depicting non-vegetarian and processed foods, while a lean women depicted vegetables and fruits. The tweet drew an outrage and was quickly removed from their twitter page.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) was brought to shame for its tweet, asking the people "What's your choice?", in which a fat woman represented non-vegetarian and processed foods and a lean woman represented a fruits and vegetables. The tweet was removed over outrage of many many social media users.

Twitterati immediately slammed the tweet, some calling it "stupidity at its highest" while others "fat shaming".

'Fat Shaming' Doesn't Encourage Weight Loss, Says New Research
A new study funded by Cancer Research UK finds discrimination against overweight and obese people does not help them to lose weight.

‘Health Ministry's tweet on fat shaming brought down amidst much objection from social media users.’

While the fat woman depicted food items such as sausage, poultry, meat, burger, donuts, french fries, cola and alcohol, the lean woman showed fruits and green vegetables, along with the tweet from the ministry: "Good nutrition is one of the keys to a #healthy life. Choose wisely, live well".

"Both veg and non veg can be healthy or unhealthy depending upon their origin, methods of production, distribution, storage etc and in this country, the less said the better about those standards. That's what you should be focusing on @MoHFW_INDIA," reacted one user to the ministry's tweet.

Another user said: "This is fat shaming. Now that you've posted it, hope your women Ministers take the lead and set an example!"

Carbohydrates and Its Role in Obesity
Over 1 billion people world-wide are obese thus affecting their health due to their nutrition and lifestyle. 3.9% of India’s population is obese! Know more about obesity and its prevention.

"Stupidity at highest!!! Is Egg ?? and Cheese ?? unhealthy? which scientific study proved it? Moreover where do Poor Indians get Kiwi/Avocado Fruits and Berries? Or is it ment to be for RICH People? ?? As far as all scientific study all packaged foods are bad or unhealthy!!!," tweeted another user.

One user went further and found the source of the image.

Having Late Breakfast Can Put You At Risk of Obesity
An evening person with type 2 diabetes who has late breakfast might have a higher Body Mass Index (BMI), which can eventually lead to overweight and obesity, reveals a new study.

"So, Ministry of Health @MoHFW_INDIA picks up a stock photo which portray eggs, poultry, meat and bread as unhealthy and tweets that as health advice," the user tweeted.

The photo, copyrighted to Tatsiana Tsyhanova from Belarus, was taken from https://www.123rf.com which offers millions of stock photos but with copyright.

Mantra to Prevent Childhood Obesity � Vigorous Physical Activity
Being physically very active is the mantra to prevent pediatric obesity rather than concentrating efforts at restricting energy consumption.

"And they've quietly deleted their tweet now," the user added.

A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, said that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.

A University of Connecticut study suggests that eating eggs may actually have favourable effects on good cholesterol metabolism in men and women with diabetes and heart disease.

Source-IANS