Why are so many overweight people aggressive

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A lot of fat/overweight people i have met tend to have quite aggressive/bullying personalities.

Has anyone experienced this? And can I have your opinions on why this could be?

I haven't noticed this.

In my experience fat people are not more aggressive than slim people.

Well-adjusted people tend to take care of their health. Well-adjusted people also tend not to have anger management problems. So it makes sense that there would be somewhat of a correlation. Typically if someone's fat, it's the result of some underlying emotional issue where they're using food to cope with reality, or they have some condition like depression or chronically low dopamine that makes them sedentary. A lot of physical health problems are physical manifestations of mental health problems. Generally speaking, a person with little or no emotional baggage would have no problem finding the right balance of diet and exercise to stay at a healthy weight. And yes, I am saying this as someone who's a bit overweight myself... I realize it's a result of chronically low dopamine starting with the pandemic.

Well, that is an generalization.

It may be the way you are interacting with them. It isn't unusual for those on the spectrum to have difficulty when socializing.

^But why would his problems with interactions be worse when socializing with fat people?

How do you know it is just interactions with a certain class of people?

It's the other way around. Your comment: "It may be the way you are interacting with them. It isn't unusual for those on the spectrum to have difficulty when socializing." seems to suggest that his difficulty when socializing made fat people aggresive. My point is: if his way of socializing were to blame people would get equally aggressive regardless of their level of fitness or BMI.

^James seems to be very hung up on physical appearance so perhaps he acts more positively towards others who are more physically fit

Apparently the only fat guy who is jolly is Santa Claus. But who wouldn't be jolly if they only had to work once a year?

I haven't noticed that.