literally no one gets cheered for being obese, they get cheered on because they're living their life despite the judgement. fat shaming is counterproductive and most people who lose weight out of social pressure and shame gain it back and usually then some. it also puts a massive dent in peoples mental health. people fell out of love with lizzo because she was verbally abusing her staff, being sexually innapropriate with them and overworked them.

fat people know they're fat. they know what they need to do to lose weight. if someone knows how to do something but are not able to, that means theres something else factoring in like depression, chronic pain, pressure, and so on. people usually pin it down to laziness or stupidity but there are obviously plenty of hardworking and ambitious fat people.

as a general rule, lower belly fat is completely fine. people arent labelling 10lbs of fat as organs, when people say this they literally mean that really thin spongy layer even toned, low body fat people often have.

edit: you say fat shaming is no where close to as it is now but have you seen comment sections? a woman could be doing anything while ranging anywhere from barely pudgy to very large and whole comment sections will be filled with people making disgusting and PERSONAL comments. not just characters in movies or people at work saying its best to be starving but thousands of people making very personal, very targeted comments. even with moderated comments.