In the message to her sister, Indumathi claimed that her mother-in-law would fat-shame her and put restrictions on her food intake.

Eamonn Holmes faces backlash for fat-shaming Ruth Langsford.

Former Blue Peter presenter Anthea Turner called out for sharing a fat and disability shaming meme on a microblogging site and drew flak for being insensitive.

Amber Gill slammed people for fat-shaming her. Take a look at how the Love Island star clapped back.

Body Shaming Is Not Okay. Whether you are hurting them by calling fat, black or skinny, the damage is the same.

Consumerism cannot be promoted at the stake of making somebody else feel insecure.

Experiencing weight-based discrimination during pregnancy has been associated with gaining more weight throughout the pregnancy. It also predicted more symptoms of postpartum depression and retaining baby weight in the first year after having the baby.

If actors like Shetty have to endure fat-shaming the blame doesn’t lie with social media handles which caption pictures such as these as shocking or brazenly call women heavy or bloated. It lies with us too.

Is all fat-shaming a result of our misplaced notions of beauty? Could it also be a product of the deep seated resentment that corrodes every marriage, as years pass by and grudges accumulate?

Telling a woman not to wear deep neck because she is plus size is as regressive as telling her not to wear red lipstick because she is above a certain age, or telling her to not wear a certain colour, because it doesn’t ‘agree’ with her skin colour.