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This is a little weird. Excess weight is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability in America, and will probably cost me some years myself.
by spoonjim 5y ago
This is a little weird. Excess weight is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability in America, and will probably cost me some years myself.
- MattGaiser 5y agoI think the problem is the number of shady people in the space. Pinterest can either filter them or just ban the category.
- goatinaboat 5y agoIt is also the number one factor in Covid mortality, once you discount old age which is non-discretionary.
- Fomite 5y agoThe problem is not "Weight loss might be a good idea" but that the industry is swarming with scams, unregulated companies, and stuff that is actively harmful to health.
- pininja 5y agoThis ban is a critic of how to address excess weight commercially. > Ads promoting healthy lifestyles, habits or fitness services and products are still allowed on the platform if they do not "focus on weight loss." “Get thin fast” products do more harm than good, so they’re banning the messaging typically used by that family of goods.
- thomascgalvin 5y agoYou're not wrong, but nobody that's advertising on Pinterest is helping fix the problem. Some people can handle their own weight loss, by intentionally altering their relationship to food. Some people need actual medical help, either counseling, surgery, or something else that has been proven effective to the standards of the FDA. Nobody needs a bottle of FatBlaster 9000, which has an equal chance of being sawdust or caffeine. And nobody needs to be assaulted by "before and after" shots of two different models who have both been photoshopped to hell and back, presenting an unrealistic idea of what is possible and/or healthy.
- spoonjim 5y agoThere is more than Fatblaster 9000. There are things like Noom which have helped me.