The body positivity movement.
 

The “body positivity” movement is making me crazy. We have obese models on the cover of magazines embracing their bodies. The problem is that they are encouraging and promoting a lifestyle that is inherently unhealthy and highly associated with diabetes, heart disease and disability.
All people need to be treated with respect and dignity, but discussions of obesity need to begin with the understanding that obesity is an eating disorder much like anorexia. Anorexics likewise deserve kindness and dignity but with this problem, we all have an understanding that they have an unhealthy and dangerous eating disorder. Why do we not take the same approach with obesity?
It’s understood that anorexics need medical and psychological support and intervention, but increasingly obesity is actually celebrated with confidence. Why???
Hell, they even advertise “skinny jeans” for obese people. Insane oxymoron.

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In a lot of the USA, the woman pictured would not be considered obese at all, just average. We are a very fat country. It's easy to forget that living in L.A.

Feelings first, Mark! Truth second. Or even later.

In my middle school in California in 1970/71, there was only one fat kid in the entire school, hundreds of kids.

I still remember his name, that is how unusual it was to be fat in those days.

As for the jeans, I imagine there is a lot of flame retardant chemicals mixed in with the Universal Dark.

That's a fact. Whenever I'm in other areas of the US, I can't help noticing how heavy so many people are. Not hard to believe the statistics saying that nearly 35% of Americans are considered obese. It's especially noticeable at places that attract large numbers of people from all over, like airports, theme parks, or major tourist attractions. It's sad seeing so many overweight parents with their equally-overweight young kids in tow as well. In many cases, bad eating habits are being passed on from one generation to the next.

Wonder if the weather plays into any of this. We get holed in here for 6 months out of the year. I always put a few pounds on over the winter, and I work my ass off daily . I cannot imagine what I would look like if I had a desk job .

Were you outraged when all the magazine covers were unattainably thin people who were equally unhealthy on the other end of the spectrum?

I don't agree with normalizing obesity either, but if you are looking to the media for body image assurance, you've gone off track already, "normal" will never be the popular look.

You are right about this.

Totally agree. As the father of a daughter I embrace some of the realistic advertising campaigns. My daughter is 11 and slim and athletic, but I don't want here to think that beauty equals either anorexia or obesity.

So you are saying that you know why so many people are fat, and it is their own fault because it is a lifestyle choice, correct?

My opinion, you are half right at best.

That list of afflictions is also associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver syndrome, our food chain has been poisoned, this is not a life style choice.

Roundup causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at very low doses
https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/archive/17402-roundup-causes-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-at-very-low-doses

Glyphosate: The Weed Killer Found In Our Food & Water
https://www.alexfergus.com/blog/glyphosate-the-weed-killer-found-in-our-food-water
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Now back to the debate whether fat is beautiful, not to me but a friend of mine in incredible physical shape himself prefers fat women, his wife has a huge arse, and he loves it.


Eat some fruit and nuts and try and be healthy....................lots of luck with that.

DOZENS of Food Crops Treated with Pre-Harvest Roundup (it’s not just wheat!)
https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/pre-harvest-roundup-crops-not-just-wheat/
We see a problem and want to blame the victim, this is a common occurrence and flaw in humans, it serves to distance ourselves from the problem and that is a way of protecting ourselves. We can do better than that, and we have to.

Absolutely. 20 years ago I delivered a beautiful, healthy baby girl to loving parents. At age 13 she became social media obsessed focusing on extremely thin models. I was part of the medical team that tried desperately to manage her anorexia. She died three years ago at the age of 17.

I have two daughters. I have always encouraged them to stay fit and eat well. They are not underweight or overweight. I remember when they were young and I saw a cover of Vogue magazine with an anorexic model on the front. I made a point to tell my daughters that the model needed a nutritionist and a therapist more than a photographer. Eating disorders on both ends of the spectrum are extremely difficult to deal with and can result in trajedy.

Glyphosphate? Hi fructose corn syrup? Maybe. But it doesn’t matter, does it?

A few years ago when my doctor who is also one of my best friends told me I needed to lose 20 pounds I reminded him that I really didn’t eat very much. His response? “ I didn’t say you ate a lot. I said you ate too much “

Of course he was absolutely correct.

I was watching one of the science channels that is not a science channel when they cut to commercial.

The first commercial was for "My 600 lb Life". They showed them hauling the heffer out on a gurney. Next commercial was for "My Big, Fat, Fabulous Life"

Not sure when the movement started but it would be better to tell women it's okay to be healthy. Plus size is a nice way of saying overweight. Maybe not in all cases but in most cases they would be overweight with a BMI above healthy levels.

When we visit the War Department's family in Louisiana we often find ourselves reminding one another that we're not in Colorado anymore.

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IDK about that. Casting in movies these days is a lot different than the early eras. Watching a Netflix series called "Designated Survivor" I saw a character that was a wheelchair user and by his movements it was pretty obvious he had a real motor skills deficiency or was a hell of a body movement actor. And what would be the point of that anyway if you can find a disabled actor of which I imagine that there are many.

Many 'fat' actors cast in serious roles that don't necessarily need that stature to make the character. I'm not saying we will ever tire of the Jenifer Anniston's but real world looking people are now the 'norm'.

Going to the local Wegmans or other places like that near me, can't help but notice young teens / early 20's girls who seem to all have 'pouches' above their belt line. Even ones that are in proportion. Can't help to think that young girls in the 70's / 80's would not have that. I'm old, I remember.

Problem is telling an obese person to eat less is like telling an alcoholic to drink less. :(

From an emotional standpoint it's probably worse than telling a drunk to drink less. The overweight person is already aware that they're overweight but to be told that eating less would help tells them they're not only overweight but an over eater as well and it defeats them. Telling a drunk to drink less, they already know they drink too much.