Fat hate

Here's a column on why fat Americans get hated on (via Arts & Letters Daily):

Yet this obsession with obese Americans is about more than body fat. Certainly there is a debate to be had about the extent to which obesity is a problem in America - a discussion best left to medical experts. But a close examination of the popular genre on obesity reveals it is about more than consumption in the most literal sense of eating food. Obesity has become a metaphor for 'over-consumption' more generally. Affluence is blamed not just for bloated bodies, but for a society which is seen as more generally too big for its own good.

Maybe he's on to something, I dunno. I'm sure that such hatred earns foreigners the ire of this group.

Edit: Given such fat hate, why did Europeans embrace Bill Clinton despite his reputation as a "junk food junkie" and penchant for both cheeseburgers and chubby interns? Would Dubya get hated on even more if he put some pounds on? Is this a logical inconsistency consistent with Bush Derangement Syndrome? Discuss.