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I blame the culture. Fat shaming is wrong, but the culture has turned that around and made healthy living almost a de-facto "fat shaming by proxy" type weird th
by kumarvvr 3y ago
I blame the culture. Fat shaming is wrong, but the culture has turned that around and made healthy living almost a de-facto "fat shaming by proxy" type weird thing. Anyone who does not agree that a fat person is healthy (but they call it "beauty"), is deemed to be automatically insulting that person.
And, corporates are happy to push around "any body is beautiful" because it rakes in the money.
Edit : The other side of the problem is eating processed and ultra-processed food. Its basically cans and pouches of chemical compounds that overwhelms the body.
- drones 3y agoI think the culture is changing a little bit, though. It's interesting to see the rise of zoomer gym culture in the past couple of years, primarily driven through TikTok. Granted, this has caused a huge surge in body dysmorphia in teenagers and a rise in use of performance-enhancing drugs, but regardless I think this might be an indication of future change to come.
- PeterStuer 3y agoIt's not because they love to watch gym tiktoks that they work out themselves. Not unlike the masses of cooking shows consumed by people that never cook.
- jjeaff 3y agoSo your hypothesis is that more shame would lead to less obesity? I don't buy it. Dietary habits and the types of food available have changed as well as higher levels of sedentary lifestyles becoming more commonplace. "Willpower" has almost nothing to do with it. Very few people prefer to be overweight. The positive body image stuff comes after the weight to keep from hating yourself and probably gaining more weight due to the depression.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoHave you seen much fat acceptance talk in real life? I have in the media but basically zero in real life.