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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like the body positive movement completely disregards the long term health problems with being overweight. Obesity is a public health problem and nothing to be positive about! [b]Our society needs to address ultra processed foods and the burden of work demands on health[/b].[/quote]

I'm one of the "fat and happy" PPs and I agree with you. Obesity / nutrition is a public health crisis in the same way climate change is, which is to say everybody wants to focus on minor changes at the individual level instead of hard systemic change.

There are multiple posts above on the health consequences of being overweight.  Either that's none of anybody's business, or it's a societal problem that we need to address by making it easier to live healthfully. This might include things like subsidized food and childcare, soda bans, changes to housing and transit policy, etc.  I'm quite confident most fat-shaming PPs would oppose changes like that. They don't want to help people be healthy, they want fat people to feel bad.  The rhetoric of personal responsibility is always about preserving the status quo at the expense of the social good.[/quote]

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