Here's a paper that looked at this[0]:

> Paradoxically, the use of fat-shaming to induce weight loss is a significant public health issue, as it has been linked to eating and exercise psychopathology. As juvenile obesity increases in African societies, there is a continuing risk that obese school children and adolescents in physical activity settings will become targets of fat-shaming that damage their developing self-image and weight management efficacy. The thesis of this paper is that fat-shaming in physical activity contexts can undermine efforts to stem juvenile obesity, promote lifelong physical activity and redress health inequities.

So "fat shaming" not only destroys juvenile's self-esteem, but may actually make them gain weight and struggle to control their weight. If you have any literature that supports "fat shaming" as a successful weight loss strategy, I'd be interested to read it.

[0] https://journals.co.za/content/ajpherd1/22/Issue-41/EJC20007...

There's still plenty of obese asian americans around.

Obese people self shame constantly. It creates a feedback look that keeps them being obese. It destroys all their self confidence. If fat shaming worked to prevent obesity on a societal level nobody would be fat. Its an issue with a lot of factors.

Where is the causative indicator? It could be genetics. Or maybe there are confounders - even if it is causative, perhaps it has serious negative impact on mental health.

I've definitely not picked up junk food at the store several times, or ordered something healthier & smaller when dining out, and so on, to avoid feeling shame. I've actually worked to cultivate the feeling in those situations, as it's so damn useful.