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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Body positivity has its place, but that place shouldn't include overlooking, ignoring or celebrating overweight and obesity in kids. That's just sad.

Overweight and obese kids have shorter lives, period. They have sicker lives. They struggle much more to reduce weight in adulthood if they are already overweight or obese in childhood. The research is substantial and undeniable.

I feel like body positivity is a well meaning concept, but far too many people who embrace it have embraced it as a way to excuse our sick food system and to enable them to avoid the difficult changes (only because change is ALWAYS difficult for humans, even positive change) that are required to live a healthy lifestyle in the midst of our sick food system.

The majority of Americans get 60-70% of their calories from ultra processed food products. These food products are things that you can chew and swallow, but they aren't food. They don't nourish the body in meaningful ways. They actually malnourish the body and create insulin resistance and metabolic disorder - including in many 'skinny fat' people who appear healthy in terms of body weight but nevertheless have symptoms of metabolic disorder.

I highly recommend the book Metabolical by Dr. Robert Lustig, an esteemed pediatric endocrinologist who has been waging a war on our current food system and medical system for years. You'll learn a ton about both and about why body positivity isn't the answer to the epidemic of overweight and obesity that is stealing our children's health and futures.[/quote]

That’s all true, but it’s more than just that. The other question is why are  somekids who eat real organic foods and exercise regularly also overweight?[/quote]

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