I recently wrote an article about being overweight and good health as well as one where I describe how a total stranger told my beautiful mother she was fat. So your article really spoke to me. I felt so bad for Elizabeth. I've always loved Momma Kass, she was a great talent - why do people focus on her weight?

One problem is that we have unrealistic standards of what is healthy, JMHO. You can be overweight and very healthy. And in other eras, it was considered beautiful to be curvy.

Sometimes people do need to lose weight for medical reasons, but that should be a cause for compassion, not shaming.