http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/opinion/fat-and-personal-choices.html 2016-10-13 20:22:20 Fat and Personal Choices A reader writes that “health and fitness are not everyone’s top priority, nor need they be.” === To the Editor: As a former fat person, I think that “ Having twice lost more than a hundred pounds, without surgery, and having kept them off the second time, I have no idea how many other fat people could do that if they tried. But any who could and choose not to should not be shamed. Health and fitness are not everyone’s top priority, nor need they be. Some people are willing to take medical risks for the pleasures of mountaineering; some people are willing to take medical risks for the pleasures of eating. No such people should be shamed, regardless of whether their risky adventures occur on Mount Everest or at Ben & Jerry’s. FELICIA NIMUE ACKERMAN Providence, R.I.