This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make it illegal for people to fat shame, either in person or on the Internet.
It’s becoming more and more acceptable for people to be targeted for their weight and shape. People are protected in law regardless of their colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender etc., yet people who are overweight are being insulted daily for carrying more weight than someone else.
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It’s disgusting that due to television programmes that focus on weight issues, government propaganda that focuses on weight is encouraging people to be cruel and bully people for their appearance. Fat shaming must be outlawed!
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We're not sure exactly what actions and behaviour you'd like to be defined as "fat shaming".
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