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TW: fatphobia
Being fat and having gained weight does not mean you’re “closer to digging your grave”.
1. You can be healthy at a wide ranges of weights by implementing healthy habits
2. Thin and fat people can get the same diseases
Being fat and having gained weight does not mean you’re “closer to digging your grave”.
1. You can be healthy at a wide ranges of weights by implementing healthy habits
2. Thin and fat people can get the same diseases
3. Having a higher BMI actually means you’re less likely to die from diseases than thin people (ie fat person has better chances of surviving a heart attack than a thin person)
4. Weight gain is not inherently bad and weight loss is not inherently good
4. Weight gain is not inherently bad and weight loss is not inherently good
5. Shaming someone by saying they’re going to die because they’re fat just increases their shame, guilt and increases their allostatic load and is detrimental to their health
6. Shame makes people eat more. You can’t shame (most) people into weight loss
6. Shame makes people eat more. You can’t shame (most) people into weight loss
Ressources:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070620073447.htm
https://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/9.short
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033062013001552
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21760636/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070620073447.htm
https://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/9.short
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033062013001552
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21760636/
Stop telling people they’re going to die because they’re fat. It’s not helping them and it’s actually harming them
