Comment on doctors

• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No theres absolutely people who believe that shit. Same as people who believe that Trump has all the answers, Jews are the problem and flat earth. The “fat acceptance”, “body shaming” and “body positivity” movements have legitimate positive roots but have also been co-opted by people who just want their bullshit view to be right.

  Take “Healthy at every size” for example. You can have excellent cardiovascular fitness, great bloodwork and your weight isnt the cause of any health maladies but at some point at a certain body fat/muscle ratio (too high or low) is going to start to reduce the probablility of that being the case and people use these edge cases to justify their opinion. Look at Eddie Hall “worlds strongest man” he weighs 355lbs and over 6 foot tall, I havent seen his bloodwork but people will hold him up as an example that you can weigh 350+ but I also bet he doesnt need a scooter to get around wallmart.

  There isnt an ideology or behavior on earth that cant be taken to a toxic place.

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  • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Judging the body postivity movement (which is about much more than just fat people btw) by the vocal “extemist” people is like judging vegans/vegetarians by the evangelical ones.

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    • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If you re-ead the comment that you replied to first that there is a community of people who believe absolute bullshit which you deny in your reply to their comment but then admit they do in mine by refering to them as “extremists”

      Doctors not taking health complaints of people who are carrying an excess of adipose tissue is a real thing, but so are people who refuse to accept that their weight is the root cause of many of their issues and do body positivity a disservice when they do

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      • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t deny that those people exist, its just unfair to paint everyone in the movement as those people.

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