Skinny girls and fat suits

Recently, Entertainment Tonight did an expose on being obese in America. On two different shows--one with Vanessa Minnillo and the other with the Deal or No Deal girls--the women dawned "fat suits" to mimic what the reality would be for a plus woman. Of course, the findings were not pretty. The women faced ridicule and stares. However, why go through all that...They could have just asked a plus-sized woman?

(Rachel Dratch of SNL in a fat suit)