Super fit mum Maria Kang defends comments after saying you can tell fat people are unhealthy Without meaning to, the LA-based mother-of-three sparked a war on Facebook when she posted a photo of herself dressed in fitness gear, showing off her super-toned abs, surrounded by her three little boys. Maria Kang is a fitness fanatic who is concerned about America's rising obesity levels. SUPER fit mum Maria Kang has sparked fury yet again this time for implying that people who look overweight are unhealthy. The 33-year-old, who appeared on CNN with plus-size lingerie store owner Chrystal Bougon, sparked accusations of fat shaming over her weekend remarks. The Californian mother-of-three appeared on the network, along with plus-size lingerie store owner Ms Bougon. Kang criticised Bougon over her photo campaign which asked size 14 women and above to post pictures of themselves on Facebook. Ms Kang, a vocal fitness fantastic, said the women shown in Ms Bougon's photo gallery "are not how real women look like or should look like." A lot of people can just tell that [a] person is not healthy. But the remark outraged Ms Bougon who said Ms Kang could not tell how healthy someone was just by looking at their photo. Ms Kang said she never intended to offend and denied she was a fat shammer but spoke out of concern for what she said was a rising obesity epidemic across America. Ms Kang and the Facebook post which started it all. In a follow-up post on her Facebook page on November 29, Ms Kang wrote: "Why can an obese woman stand half naked and say "I'm proud!" and a healthy woman do the same without being criticised? "Why are people shaking their heads at me for saying "obesity is a crisis" when according to the CDC more than 33% of adults and 17% of children are now obese. Why can a post-baby celebrity pose proudly in a bikini on a magazine (and be applauded) and an everyday working mom (me) do the same without hitting nerves? While it is important to love yourself in this process, there is a fine line between 'I love and accept myself' versus 'I love, accept and desire to progress myself'. Her comments last month on plus-sized women in lingerie led to her being reported and banned from the social media site after she questioned why obesity was being celebrated. The Curvy Girl Lingerie campaign, which is designed to "show that women with rolls, bumps, lumps, scars, stretch marks, surgery scars and natural breasts that have nursed babies can be stunning and beautiful" drew Ms Kang's ire. "The popular and unrelenting support received to those who are borderline obese (not just 30-40lbs overweight) frustrates me as a fitness advocate who intimately understands how poor health negatively effects a family, a community and a nation," Kang wrote according to news 10 abc. But her comments led to her Facebook account being temporarily shut down after she was reported for "hate speech." Maria Kang showing off her body, stretchmarks and all. Picture: Facebook/Maria Kang Source: Supplied Ms Kang also maintains she understands how hard it is to lose weight and love your body, particularly after the birth of a baby. She added it was hard work getting back into shape and said cases such as Norwegian woman Caroline Berg Eriksen who snapped a photo of a flat stomach just four days after giving birth were rare. In her most recent Facebook post, Ms Kang posted a picture of herself one week post pregnancy, revealing how amazing Ms Eriksen looked, but said how long it took her to achieve the same look. Ms Eriksen sparked outrage after posting a selfie of her washboard abs four days after giving birth and saying she felt back to normal just "three minutes after" giving birth. Have you seen this? This woman just gave birth 4 days before taking this selfie," Ms Kang wrote. Talk about pressure! That's incredible - but for those who are like me, it takes 9 months to build my belly and it took me nearly the same amount of time to get it back to where I wanted it. To give mothers more perspective, here's how my body looked one week post-pregnancy. Don't be hard on yourself. Life changes when you have a child making prioritising your fitness more difficult. Ms Kang shows what she looks like one week post baby, compared to Caroline Berg-Eriksen four days later.