A fitness writer is facing backlash for saying she wouldn’t hire overweight people ‘because they are more lazy’
Samantha Yardley
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A fitness writer is facing a backlash for saying she wouldn’t hire obese people.
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Samantha Yardley first expressed her views in a 2019 article where she wrote that she wouldn’t work with overweight people because they are “lacking self-control” and might be “severely disturbed.”
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This week, Yardley was interviewed on “This Morning” to discuss the issue further, and said she thinks life should be “more inconvenient” for obese people to encourage them to lose weight.
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She has been widely criticized for her “beyond damaging” comments and for promoting diet culture.
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“The toxicity in this piece is that your whole argument centers around shame, which is completely counterintuitive to supporting change,” said nutritionist Dr. Emilia Thompson.
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Yardley stands by her comments, and told Insider that “the unpopular truth is that diet needs to be addressed in order to