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Healthy at any size had a good origin. It was to get young women who saw unrealistic and unhealthy bodies in the media to focus on eating right and exercising r

Healthy at any size had a good origin. It was to get young women who saw unrealistic and unhealthy bodies in the media to focus on eating right and exercising rather than focusing on image. It later became an excuse for not doing those things. But the original idea was a positive one. Adherence to doctors orders for weight loss is so bad most GPs don't even bother anymore. I'm not sure what the answer is.

everdrive 4y ago
>the media A better campaign might have been "ingest less media and listen to general health guidelines."
- galangalalgol 4y ago
  I think that essentially was the campaign no? "Stop paying attention to places that try to convince you that someone who hasn't even had water for a day just to look a little more chiseled for the shoot is normal and put the fake food in the trash."
Test0129 4y ago
I suppose when viewed charitably you could say that healthy at any size had a good origin. However, the quantifier any is the problem with the entire campaign. It's patently obvious having a BMI > 30 or < 18 is dangerous to your health. Both of these are included at "any" size. The number of grotesquely obese models being shown by fashion companies is having a similar effect that sickly skinny models had. People get the idea that this is normal and ok. Neither is ok, but the literature has shown being a little too thin (not supermodel thin, but marginally underweight) carries less risk than being marginally overweight. Neither are great, but one is measurably worse.
- galangalalgol 4y ago
  Yeah, while I have more friends who were hospitalized due to eating disorders than obesity, time will change that as we all age. I do think the larger models are due to obesity actually being the normal now. Not natural, but totally normal. When this many people are obese we need to recognize that simply continuing to say "eat right, exercise more" while correct, isn't working. It isn't like people don't know. Short of authoritarian bans which will inevitably be the wrong diet for some individuals, and get influenced by agriculture and manufacturers, I have no idea what might work.

everdrive 4y ago

>the media A better campaign might have been "ingest less media and listen to general health guidelines."

galangalalgol 4y ago
I think that essentially was the campaign no? "Stop paying attention to places that try to convince you that someone who hasn't even had water for a day just to look a little more chiseled for the shoot is normal and put the fake food in the trash."

Test0129 4y ago

I suppose when viewed charitably you could say that healthy at any size had a good origin. However, the quantifier any is the problem with the entire campaign. It's patently obvious having a BMI > 30 or < 18 is dangerous to your health. Both of these are included at "any" size. The number of grotesquely obese models being shown by fashion companies is having a similar effect that sickly skinny models had. People get the idea that this is normal and ok. Neither is ok, but the literature has shown being a little too thin (not supermodel thin, but marginally underweight) carries less risk than being marginally overweight. Neither are great, but one is measurably worse.

galangalalgol 4y ago
Yeah, while I have more friends who were hospitalized due to eating disorders than obesity, time will change that as we all age. I do think the larger models are due to obesity actually being the normal now. Not natural, but totally normal. When this many people are obese we need to recognize that simply continuing to say "eat right, exercise more" while correct, isn't working. It isn't like people don't know. Short of authoritarian bans which will inevitably be the wrong diet for some individuals, and get influenced by agriculture and manufacturers, I have no idea what might work.