Do Plus-Sized Clothes Promote Obesity?
Alloy has always had a plus-sized selection and now, Target and Forever 21 are jumping on the bandwagon. Experts are saying the plus-sized line trend is growing along with America's obesity problem among teenagers. In the past 20 years, obesity rates have tripled in teens 12-19 according to a National Health and Nutrition Examination survey.
Do plus sized lines promote unhealthy lifestyles and promote obesity? MeMe Roth, president of the organization National Action Against Obesity thinks so.
"When you look at the human cost, what we're doing is we're on the Titanic and rather than forcing our children into the lifeboat, we're telling them to join the band. Worrying about fashion rather than worrying about the food is a horrible message that we're sending these kids," MeMe says.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, Emme, a popular plus-sized model disagrees. "I completely disagree that these lines are promoting obesity," she says. "You need to wear clothes to look cool at school. You need to wear clothes to be present in life. And when everybody else has fashion, you should, too."
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