I am 6'3" and 230 pounds. I am 15% body fat. Thanks to stupid statistical BMI calculations, I am considered obese. I fucking hate this subject, and it's because our concern troll focus on fat as a health issue is simply a justification to make fun of fat people. When I weighed a lot more (specifically, 285 pounds), I was actually overweight, but I had no health issues. My blood pressure was fine, all my tests came back normal, and I was fairly strong and had good hemoglobin levels.
Acceptance has never been encouragement. That is a false claim. And if our real concern is that people who are overweight need to lose weight, they will not do so if we shame them. They will only lose weight if they are treated well. Obesity is also due to the preponderance of cheap calories in the form of sugar, which is heavily subsidized. If healthy, easy meals were as easy to access as junk food, we would see weight levels shift as a consequence. Also if our cities were laid out to encourage walking rather than driving, the problem would largely fix itself.
This. And acting like acceptance is encouragement ignores the very real way society fuels eating disorders. Fat people aren't applauded for being overweight, they are shamed into developing eating disorders.
Everyone deserves a healthy relationship with food, being shamed for the way you look (lets ignore for a moment that fat people are abused in society) won't help that.
Fatphobia traumatizes and kills, body positivity (or neutrality) doesn't.
I am 6'3" and 230 pounds. I am 15% body fat. Thanks to stupid statistical BMI calculations, I am considered obese. I fucking hate this subject, and it's because our concern troll focus on fat as a health issue is simply a justification to make fun of fat people. When I weighed a lot more (specifically, 285 pounds), I was actually overweight, but I had no health issues. My blood pressure was fine, all my tests came back normal, and I was fairly strong and had good hemoglobin levels.
Acceptance has never been encouragement. That is a false claim. And if our real concern is that people who are overweight need to lose weight, they will not do so if we shame them. They will only lose weight if they are treated well. Obesity is also due to the preponderance of cheap calories in the form of sugar, which is heavily subsidized. If healthy, easy meals were as easy to access as junk food, we would see weight levels shift as a consequence. Also if our cities were laid out to encourage walking rather than driving, the problem would largely fix itself.
This. And acting like acceptance is encouragement ignores the very real way society fuels eating disorders. Fat people aren't applauded for being overweight, they are shamed into developing eating disorders.
Everyone deserves a healthy relationship with food, being shamed for the way you look (lets ignore for a moment that fat people are abused in society) won't help that.
Fatphobia traumatizes and kills, body positivity (or neutrality) doesn't.
Exactly! Fat acceptance is about society more than anything, as in, accept that fat people exist and stop being dicks about it.
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Aw thanks 😊