This sentiment is due to a lack of real education about the dangers of weight, which are grossly exaggerated. I did extensive research on weight because I have a chronic illness that made me gain a lot of weight and I got scared for my health. The book The Obesity Myth led me to a lot of good research. People who are overweight actually live longer. It's not until you become extremely, morbidly obese that any health dangers become significant. The most dangerous thing for mortality is being underweight.
Most people don't understand this because the media over- exaggerates that dangers. News stories about weight and health dangers gets clicks (even if the science is bad behind the article if you get to the nitty gritty), weight loss companies, weight loss supplement makers and gyms would lose MILLIONS if people realized their health wasn't in danger and fat phobia stopped being socially acceptable. You're buying the hype. It's understandable, sadly most doctors even buy the hype because they don't know any better. They're barely trained in nutrition, weight, etc in school. We have so much to learn about weight loss and why people gain, so doctors can't know what medical science doesn't yet. If it gets you that mad, why not educate yourself vs just assuming what you hear in the media is true?
Extremely irritated at fat worship in pop culture.
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This sentiment is due to a lack of real education about the dangers of weight, which are grossly exaggerated. I did extensive research on weight because I have a chronic illness that made me gain a lot of weight and I got scared for my health. The book The Obesity Myth led me to a lot of good research. People who are overweight actually live longer. It's not until you become extremely, morbidly obese that any health dangers become significant. The most dangerous thing for mortality is being underweight.
Most people don't understand this because the media over- exaggerates that dangers. News stories about weight and health dangers gets clicks (even if the science is bad behind the article if you get to the nitty gritty), weight loss companies, weight loss supplement makers and gyms would lose MILLIONS if people realized their health wasn't in danger and fat phobia stopped being socially acceptable. You're buying the hype. It's understandable, sadly most doctors even buy the hype because they don't know any better. They're barely trained in nutrition, weight, etc in school. We have so much to learn about weight loss and why people gain, so doctors can't know what medical science doesn't yet. If it gets you that mad, why not educate yourself vs just assuming what you hear in the media is true?