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IMO the fat acceptance movement is pushing more for people to think about obesity like alcohol consumption: not "healthy", but potentially part of a sustainable
by aeturnum 4y ago
IMO the fat acceptance movement is pushing more for people to think about obesity like alcohol consumption: not "healthy", but potentially part of a sustainable approach to life. Of course, each deviation from "perfect" health has impacts - but learning to order them productively is what you want.
It's not really that you want to be fat, it's that weight is only one of many lifestyle choices and we'd give people better medical treatment if we were less obsessed with it. Also: People should try to move towards a healthier body weight! But it's a question of balancing effort and focus and not some moral imperative.
- surfpel 4y ago> about obesity like alcohol consumption: not "healthy", but potentially part of a sustainable approach to life I would not classify alcoholism as a sustainable approach to life. Obesity, like alcoholism, isn’t sustainable because it accelerates death and disease. I equate “sustainable” with “not unhealthy”, which does not cover obesity. What I have witnessed isn’t that those folks call it “healthy” but that they describe it as “not unhealthy”. This is incorrect and dangerous, as it deludes others into believing the same.
- aeturnum 4y agoI don't think any reply could have supported my point better. All alcohol consumption is alcoholism! Good luck on your path - we would live longer if we all followed your advice. And also - like I said - this is exactly what is being critiqued.