Ending the Obesity Epidemic #health #exercise #education #body #fitness #diet #exercise

I get the origins of the body positive movement: don’t judge me based on my appearance.

It’s a fair stance; no one should be discriminated against because of how they look.

Unfortunately, that righteous idea morphed into something we shouldn’t tolerate, “Healthy at any size.”

I had to Google “Class III Obesity,” because that’s a medical term. It’s a nice way of saying, “Morbidly obese.”

Morbidly obese is a term we’ve stopped using as a society, because it’s “insensitive,” or some other feelings-related nonsense.

Our inability to discuss problems only compounds them.

I’m honestly surprised I haven’t seen online rage against the coroner for his diagnosis/determination.

Telling the truth gets you in trouble these days.

Hopefully this opens the door a new future.
We’ll see…

[emma-janeadamson]

As a big girl, the body positivity movement meant we could *aspire* to be healthy at any weight. Prior to that, workout gear didn't go up to larger sizes - and even when I was slim, I was in the top sports bra size. The myth that big girls don't work out was self-perpetuating. I agree we should all aim to be as healthy as possible, weight included, but the size diversity of fitness gear is great.

[qatonfire]

The biggest issue with the body positivity movement today is that people are trying to push that every person is attractive and healthy, instead of that every person deserves respect and dignity regardless of whether they are attractive or not. Any time a cause becomes mainstream and popular it ends up being destroyed and turned into a mockery of itself. Body positivity should never be about saying that everyone is sexy, it should be about saying that attractiveness should not be a prerequisite for being treated with kindness.

[AshleySmith-kk]

As a fat chick, annnd a nurse (I know)
I support this video👊🏻
He is 100% correct!

[bobmcfierson]

My mother's best friend is morbidly obese and she's a teacher and my mother literally mentored her and still does but refuses to bring up the weight subject. I told her that if she actually cares about her then she would be proactive and not worry about hurting her feelings because you'd actually be caring and it's called 'tough love'.
Strange how any stupid ass little thing I did I always got screamed at for but her friend is literally killing herself in slow motion and she says nothing to her

[sbs.]

Yeah……however, I’ve meet lots of “fat” skinny people. As a short, round person I take evil delight when they go flat with heart disease, diabetes, stroke, or broken bones. Just sayin’ 🙂
BTW I swim 3/4 mile 6 days a week, walk a minimum of 7k steps/day (I know the goal is 10k), I don’t eat fast food, I don’t drink soda pop (don’t like it), we go out to eat rarely and it’s usually sushi, we garden and cook from scratch, don’t drink alcohol often and I am still a short, very round person. Skinny isn’t always healthy. I agree that glorifying obesity is wrong and that it impacts one’s health but pushing the idea that skinny is healthy isn’t the best either.

I’m gonna go burn my soapbox now! 😂

[Tigam]

Well said... Not sure it'll be taken as intended.. But... Truth sucks sometimes.

[JimmyTuxTv]

Losing weight doesn’t equate to never dying. Less sodium doesn’t equate to never dying. Not getting in planes/trains and automobiles doesn’t equate to never dying. The only cure for not dying is never be born, end of list.

[michaelkline]

I agree 100% I was fit and lean for 50 years then a back injury limited my ability to stand/walk/run I’ve gained weight but I still believe that being lean and fit is the healthiest thing we can do

[antoinettejoubert]

Thank you for reiterating what I have been saying for years!❤

[robertbrainard]

As a fat person myself, that's the chance you take if you get too fat, you might die from it. Its not a sad moment, its a reality that maybe if you're too fat, work out or you'll die.

[TheAciddragon]

as a morbidly obese person who has lost 100 pounds, yes people should not be treated badly because they are fat, but that doesn't mean that they are healthy and that someone suggesting you lose weight doesn't make them "fatphobic" or "fat shaming"

[CocoTheDiamond]

thank you! i've struggled with obesity most of my life and it is NOT healthy!! i have had massive health complications from obesity, it has hurt my quality of life, it has devastated my health. saying that obese is positive is just wrong!!!
i had a heart attack at age 45 from diabetes. diabetes from obesity. which i was diagnosed with at age 31 but drs are confident ive been diabetic since my 20s. no doctor told me the dangers. they just said i should walk more. i was nearly 300lbs at 17yrs old.
i've maintained a lower weight in adulthood but i will be diabetic with the complications the rest of my life.

exercise. manage your calorie intake. or you will suffer. i had open heart surgery and triple bypass at age 45!!!! it was the worse thing ive ever been through.

i'm now a candidate for gastric bypass. my life quality has been severely impacted. i have cirrhosis of the liver. diabetes. heart disease. and my weight has been around 187, still too much weight!

calories in, calories out. manage your calories. stop eating fried food. walk... walk.. walk... it's the best thing you can do for your body.

you cannot reverse these diseases once they happen. you can only manage them. obese is not pretty. it isn't attractive. it isn't healthy.

change your life before you're sick and lose your life to obesity! put down the sugar in every form.

[Kr]

Nowadays even doctors get accused of body shaming when pointing out the obvious in the best interest of their patients. Terms like body image and body positivity suggest that it’s all about how you see yourself, or think about yourself. It’s harmful.

[rowan]

My guy doesn't eat a lot of sweets or calories and when he started gaining weight and swelling up we didn't know why. Other issues took him to the doctor where we discovered he had diabetes and once he got regulated he lost all of that weight and look amazing now. It was actually the diabetes making him gain weight even though he had a low-calorie diet. Thank God we found out

[victoriawhite]

Body positivity should be on a range of reasonably healthy weight, and not shame people's mental abilities based on weight.
NOT about being skinnier, or accepting unhealthy weight/obesity.

[Risad]

I cut out pop (soda) and cut back heavily on chips (i didn't eat that much to begin with) and increased my water intake. Dropped 20lbs in a month and a half just from walking. It's that easy, you just gotta stick to it

[equesdeventusoccasus]

Although I am overweight, I used to powerlift, and my muscle mass to fat ratio is acceptable for my age. My cholesterol is in double digits my blood pressure & pulse are very good. I am old yet I do not have diabetes. My last EKG came out great.
Oh I forgot to mention I have a bad neck from an old injury from when I was in Service and I am an amputee. Am I the poster boy for health? No, but I am on the Veteran's Administration poster for their Amputation clinic taken shortly after I first received my cyborg leg.

[exiledfrommyself]

I agree with you, but I don't know who made the argument that you're healthy at any weight. Body shaming is distinct from telling a severely overweight person they need to lose weight because it leads to health problems.

[IowaHawks]

I think it should be the tree that bore the fruit be the cause of death. Should my cause of death be COPD or emphysema?
No. Let's call a spade of spade. It should be something like
she smoked herself to death, due to smoking and a plethora of illnesses related to smoking. A simple because she smoked would suffice. Twiggy was the hallmark of what we should be in the day, a bad call for heavyset people and unattainable. But that was the criteria, and it caused many people to risk their lives, trying to be as skinny as Twiggy. Wouldn't happen for me so I smoked. Obesity or habitual smoker both have their consequences, pick your battle. The main side effects of your initial mothership should be the reason. Like with cancer. If your breast cancer metastasizes to your liver, it's treated as breast cancer. Same cells.
Anyway, I applaud that doctor.
Another thing. I started in nursing in the 70s. The heaviest female weight was maybe 125-140lbs. And the first thing we ask is how much do they weigh? It has a huge difference in how they are treated. Staffing is incredibly hard for the bariatric population including the smokers. Because between the two, They're both classified as unintentional. I've been on both sides, So i'm not a very good speaker. Thank you for your time and consideration, Kathee

[trevorwilliams]

There's a video by a mortician going around that discusses the difficulty of taking care of the body of a morbidly obese person too. Unfortunately, she uses language that suggest the funeral industry is - to a degree - at fault. There was also a 850 lb woman who died recently. Details of the trouble her death caused are being well publicized too. 12 hours and 30+ people just to get her out of her house. Her body spending the night in the back of a truck because they had nowhere to store her. Having to transport her to another state to find a facility that could accommodate her size. After all the fuss, her body - it seems - is in too bad shape for the family to even have a funeral. She was dead for days "unrefrigerated" before she could be handled. Decomp must have progressed too far. Yes, it's sad people have died, but the candidness with which it's all being reported is a great thing.