I am not surprised about the survey results finding people more accepting of overweight people. Back during the 1980's when I soared in weight from 205 pounds to my all time high of 285, I was so much larger than anyone else I knew that I did feel freakish and outstanding. At the time, people sometimes couldn't contain their expressions of horror or disgust. I was rarely openly insulted, though it did sometimes occur. I worked at not letting it bother me and living my life as fully as possible. Even if I dieted after all, I still needed to live a life every day until the weight was gone. Anyway, by the late-1990's I lost down to about 230-215. I no longer felt that I stood out or thought I was abnormally large. I didn't consider it at the time, but people were getting larger in general. Obesity is no longer unusual. I didn't see the connection of this experience until I saw the movie, Super Size Me and learned that twice as many people struggled with their weight as when I was still reading diet books in the 80's. In fact, when people ask me about my weight loss nowadays, they mention they want to lose about 50-60 pounds. Decades ago, everybody was telling me that they wanted to lose 15-20 pounds.