Icon for the Massive

I've seen this same photo all over the Internet illustrating multiple articles on obesity. USA Today ran the photo in their print edition last week.

This particular fat woman's ubiquity raises questions in my mind: does anyone recognize her? Has she recognized herself? What is she eating that we can't see? Why isn't she wearing the more forgiving color black?

Identified only as an "unidentified woman in Heathrow Airport", this poor woman has become the icon for the obesity epidemic. The width of her ass in relation to the flimsy folding chair and the enormity of the overhanging edges of her two cheeks make the horrifying point: don't let this happen to you!