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> you are at extremely elevated risks of every health disease That's factually inaccurate. > It's actually really terrible for the state and for society to no

> you are at extremely elevated risks of every health disease That's factually inaccurate. > It's actually really terrible for the state and for society to normalize this I don't believe there is any science to back this assertion up. It's an interesting hypothesis, but I doubt it's true. > think this lesser form of "toxic positivity" inspires complacency and a general victim mentality Actually, the opposite is true. Shame is linked with health care avoidance: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144517303790 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S17401... I'd be interested if you have seen evidence that shame increases weight loss in obese people? Am I understand you correctly that's your thesis?

bitcharmer 6y ago
> I'd be interested if you have seen evidence that shame increases weight loss in obese people? GP comment doesn't claim that. You're just making this up. It's a scientific fact obesity is a health risk. What is the point in denying that?
- erikpukinskis 6y ago
  Yes it does. GP says we should make people publicly feel that it’s not OK to not want to change their body. That’s shame. I’m not debating what’s healthy, I’m debating what we consider “ok”. “Obesity is a health risk” is a fact indeed. “All health risks are not ok” is not a scientific fact.