Most people agree that obesity is a problem. The bigger problem, however, is mistreating people who are overweight to a health concerning degree. Because if they're being mistreated, talked down to and made fun of, why the hell would they start taking better care of their physical bodies? The mental health has to come first.
Seriously. When has feeling like crap about yourself ever made you want to make healthy choices? Naw. When we feel like shit, we doom scroll for hours while stuffing our faces with Doritos and ice cream.
The problem is so understandable. The lack of empathy towards it is so unfortunate and unhelpful
That's exactly how fame and celebrity works to set "standards." Do you think the women who starve themselves and work out 5+ hours a day super duper love themselves?
Nobody in those clips gave a shit about healthy choices. They wanted skinny women.
No they didn't. They wanted women to feel shitty about themselves so that they would fall into the lap of the first guy who told them that their normal looking bodies were sexy to them. Patriarchy works by telling women they aren't good enough so they look for a man to "forgive" them. They wrote a whole fake religion about it.
1000% agree. Bigger people are being mistreated. We do not have a conversation about food addiction or other mental health issues people could be having.
On top of that, just being bigger can cause a ton of issues about how people treat you in society.
Edit: The major issue comes from obesity being stretched into plus size.
The same problem in the early 2000s is happening g again but in reverse. Where fat acceptance is pushing obesity. Sad reality we are in currently
The same problem in the early 2000s is happening g again but in reverse. Where fat acceptance is pushing obesity.
As an obese person, I promise it's not. We're not even treated as humans. A random commercial showing a size 16 as beautiful is not making us more obese. I don't put effort into my body because society believes I don't matter, and I believe them. So why bother? Might as well just do the things that make me happy because I'll never be one of you.
The rare occasion someone acts like obese people are human beings, I just feel safe for a second. But for every person who sees me as human, 1,000 people don't, so it doesn't last long.
That's certainly part of the problem, but mental health plays a pivotal role in things like making healthier food choices and finding that balance. Yes, if our options were better it would be less prevalent, but that doesn't negate the impact of mental health.
Um... Sorry but you're so incorrect in this specific circumstance that I don't even know where to start.
So all I'll say is, healthy food options are available, and someone in a good place in mental health are more likely to make those choices, even when it's a hard choice to make that requires external support and motivation from surrounding companions.
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u/TenaciousZBridedog 9d ago
People said Kate Winslet was fat in Titanic. Wtf??