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[quote=Anonymous]My family always encouraged me not to be overweight AND not to be underweight AND to prioritize quality nutrition over all other expenses.  I grew up relatively poor and we spent most of our disposable income on high quality ingredients. We cooked almost all meals. I learned good eating habits and exercise routines and I have had no health problems, no issues fitting into clothes, no issues getting into (ever shrinking) airplane seats, etc.

We need to be able to have these conversations as a society. We have been sold this story that being overweight is ok by corporations who sell addictive, cheap foods, and then the entire dieting and pharma industries that try to counter the effects of these foods.

Instead of being honest about what is going on, we have moved to near-celebrating obesity. There has to be a better way to help people who are struggling with weight. Not through shaming, but through really supporting their efforts to be more healthy.

For OP, I would approach it from the perspective of health, mobility, ability to enjoy life, and live a long life. But that has to come from a place of love, not a place of measurement (of weight, income, etc.)[/quote]

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