Hillel Schwartz's story, 'Fat and Happy.'

"Obesity is Bliss" Hillel Schwartz, in his piece, "Fat and Happy?," asserts that society is responsible, rather than the actual weight of the people, for the unhappiness and depression of the obese. With this in mind, he depicts what the world would be like if everyone was fat, while fantasizing of a world in which obesity is embraced and celebrated. First, however, he must admit the difficult truth that obesity is unaccepted in our world …

…Although some of Schwartz's statements may seem excessive, he does give evidence for each one. Having seemingly proven that society is to blame for the unhappiness of the overweight, and that our world would be much better if it was centered on overweight people, Schwartz concludes by describing this society, writing that no one would fear the wants of others, nor their own wants and wishes. As he writes, "All hunger would be honest hunger."