A GROUP THAT “hates and resents fat people” is handing out cards reading ‘FAT’ to women on the London Underground.

The cards first made an appearance on Saturday, when NHS worker Kara Florish was handed one:

was handed this card on the underground. is hateful + cowardly +could potentially upset people struggling with confidence — Kara Florish (@kflorish) November 28, 2015 Source: Kara Florish /Twitter

Source: Twitter/@kflorish

Source: Twitter/@kflorish

They were created by a group called Overweight Haters Ltd, which says it “hates and resents fat people” who waste “NHS money to feed your selfish greed”.

Writing in a post on Facebook that was later shared on the image hosting site SLiMG, Florish said:

I would appreciate if people tweeted, posted etc all over the internet. I am not upset myself, I am smaller than the national average and not exactly obese, but this is hateful and cowardly and could potentially upset people struggling with confidence and eating disorders.

Author Thomas Knox claims he saw a man handing the same card to a woman on a train at Oxford Circus earlier today.

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“Am 99.9% sure this wasn’t staged,” Knox wrote.

She didn’t even realise I was watching at first. Her stunned, desolate reaction was very real.

The cards have received a largely negative response online, and the British Transport Police have asked anyone who has received a card to contact them.

We are aware of the leaflets being distributed in London and urge anyone who has been handed one to call us on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016. — British Transport Police (@BTP) November 30, 2015 Source: BTP /Twitter

This evening, if you see a man on the tube furtively clutching a business card with the word 'fat' on it, smack him in the face. #toptip — Niall Slater 🛰️ (@niall_slater) November 30, 2015 Source: Niall Slater /Twitter

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In response, plus-size retailer Navabi has printed up cards with a positive message to hand out to people in Oxford Circus.

Source: Twitter/@navabiFashion

Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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