The glorification of obesity continues in 2021 as the star of a hit tv show about how morbid obesity is cool and empowering continues to flaunt her earth shattering curves in the sun.

Are we headed down the right path by embracing health at any size and turning our backs on the racist fatphobic values of these so called doctors who would tell people of this size that they are going to die of morbid obesity?

I for one don't think the "model" in question here represents an ideal that humanity should strive for and the fact that there are tv shows and an audience for this nonsense reflects how we've failed as a society to hold ourselves accountable for what we put in our mouths.


https://soapdirt.com/my-big-fat-fabulous-life-whitney-thore-miserable-on-summer-break/

Whitney Thore of My Big Fat Fabulous Life visited Marseille, France, and enjoyed some gorgeous fun in the sun. She posed for photos in the pool, but she didn’t look very happy about it. In fact, she looked so unhappy that she had to let everyone know she had a good time.

MBFFL star Whitney likes floating in the water and showing off her swimwear. Even though she enjoys it, some people said she should tell her face. It seems like Whitney Thore is aware of her resting grumpy face but probably won’t do anything about it.

Fans of My Big Fat Fabulous Life said they wished the filming crew would have gone with her to France. This part of things seems to be what she did when the cameras weren’t on. Viewers still have hope that Whitney might share some of her own videos with production.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/893006538

The transatlantic slave trade eventually ended, but Sabrina argues that we are still absolutely living with these racist attitudes about body size today. And in her book, she also traces how these anti-fat attitudes worked their way into modern medicine for somewhat arbitrary reasons. For example, take BMI, or Body Mass Index - that equation actually wasn't intended to be used to measure individual fatness. But, of course, doctors did and still do today.

there's a distinct line between fat and thicc and we all know it when we see it.

I'm okay with a movement that says you don't have to look perfect to be valuable, healthy, and good. I most often see this as the "body positivity" movement.

I am not okay with any movement that says being obese is healthy and we shouldn't ultimately strive for better health and quality of life through getting more fit and eating healthier. I most often see this kind of thing as the "fat acceptance" movement.

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this is the result of a society where people refuse to be responsible for their actions

i have eaten like a pig for years and i am 300 pounds? not my fault, society is just discriminating

also its kinda funny that this body positivity bs is only about obese women, you will see no men whatsoever there, they have to suffer the consequences of their actions

Fat people are disgusting.

Okay, but what happens when you take the population and have no obesity, and then within 50 years 50% are obese?

Seems like there was a big shift that can't be explained by social attitudes.

In the case of the United States, it's sugar tarrifs and corn subsidies. We've made carbs (especially fructose, king of fattening carbs) insanely easy to access, and vegetables comparatively expensiev.

Youd fuck me
Guaranteed

Whether you wanted to or not

Imagine having a sausage shop and serving disgusting giant sausages full of fat to obese diabetic sick green yellow-skin people ?

Yeah, so it's time to vote left.

you are right, there is much more processed food with shitloads of sugar today

but at the same time people have become much lazier, dont move as much, dont do enough sports, gym, whatever and fewer people are in manual labor as a natural way to burn calories

the price argument does not count imo, decent food is affordable

its more expensive than trash, BUT the people consuming unhealthy food buy a lot more in general and end up spending more

my diet has always been alright, but optimising even more towards fresh food and cutting unnecessary calories saved a decent amount of cash every month

and lastly, we need better school education on this subject

When they start looking like a popped can of pillsbury biscuits.