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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a difference between body positivity and HAES (/fatlogic).   The former makes sense.[/quote]
From the HAES website: “We’ve lost the war on obesity. Fighting fat hasn’t made the fat go away. And being thinner, even if we knew how to successfully accomplish it, will not necessarily make us healthier or happier. The war on obesity has taken its toll.
Extensive “collateral damage” has resulted: Food and body preoccupation, self-hatred, eating disorders, discrimination,
poor health, etc. Few of us are at peace with our bodies, whether because we’re fat or because we fear becoming fat.
 
Health at Every Size is the new peace movement.
 
It supports people of all sizes in addressing health directly by adopting healthy behaviors. It is an inclusive movement, recognizing that our social characteristics, such as our size, race, national origin, sexuality, gender, disability status, and other attributes, are assets, and acknowledges and challenges the structural and systemic forces that impinge on living well.”

The latter sounds like it makes sense, too.[/quote]

Just because you want to believe that becoming thinner when are obese won’t make you healthier doesn’t mean it’s true. But keep on repeating it to yourself until you die of diabetes or heart disease.[/quote]

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