Poor people are allowed to be fat – video

Last year, author Kathleen Kerridge was fat-shamed by some commenters on social media after we published a video about her experience of poverty. Here, she argues that people should not judge a person’s need based on the size of their jeans. Getting fat is often a byproduct of being poor, she says, because a lot of cheap food that is filling is also unhealthy

• WARNING: strong language