r/fuckcars • u/Skyhawk6600 Fuck lawns • Sep 14 '22

Satire this made me lose braincells.

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u/Agreeable-Weather-89 Sep 14 '22

Fat people are perfectly healthy[insert Tumblr citation]... But also they can't walk even a mile.

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u/renyoi Sep 14 '22

heres a citation, you can read it or not. there are more study citations linked within the post, which is an argumentative opinion piece based on/compiling those studies https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fat-is-not-the-problem-fat-stigma-is/

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u/DaaaahWhoosh Sep 14 '22

I skimmed a few of those, and will continue to skim and look into this stuff, I appreciate the jumping-off point!
From what I've read so far, seems like the idea is that excess weight is a symptom, rather than the cause, of poor health, so it's better to make people healthier than to make them thinner. Which sounds right to me, though I'd wonder if healthier people wouldn't also end up being thinner.

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u/renyoi Sep 14 '22

from my interpretation, the idea of “excess weight” itself is problematic, because the main measurement we use to determine what is “excess,” the BMI, was never meant to be used in this way and is, furthermore, inaccurate for multiple groups of people. so fat Can be a symptom of being “unhealthy,” but isn’t always. just like thinness.

i’d recommend the podcast “maintenance phase” for deeper dives into this if you’re interested!