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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2393250" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>I had the misfortune to read a book by one of these people so here goes.</p><p>Diet Culture is an idea promoted by the Healthy at Every Size 'community' . It is the latest branch of identity politics in which a group in society, in this case fat people, decide that they are uniquely victimised by their condition. If they have other immutable characteristics (gender, sexuality, race) that are in the minority they can increase their score on the victimhood totem pole. Those who aren't fat are deemed to have 'thin privilege' and the movement seeks to promote 'intuitive eating' and practical stuff like bigger seats in restaurants/airplanes and different beauty stands. See Tess Halliday and 'F your Beauty Standards' etc. and the furore over her appearance on s a swimsuit at 300 pounds (Cosmo). They seek to ban medical terms such as obese and seek to change the way we describe ourselves (not fat but living in a larger body) . There's a commercial element to this too because as people get larger they are keen to feel better about themselves and magazines etc. are keen to oblige! Lots of the HAZE bunch are young and pretty females who don't yet have health problems and it is interesting that there are no visible older people who have crippled knees, diabetic amputations etc.</p><p><strong>I think they are correct in that conventional diets (calorie restriction) don't tend to work in the long term and can therefore damage the dieter's self confidence. I am sure a fat person can be 'healthier' than another fat person who eats badly and does not exercise but ultimately you can't be healthy with lots of excess fat and 80% of overweight people will develop metabolic issues compared to 40% of the normal weight people.</strong></p><p>People who leave this cult are 'thin shamed' for visibly rejecting their bad ideas and this is what you've experienced since you've charted your weight loss in the public space. It is your body and I expect you've had plenty of admiration and support for what you have done so don't let the activists drag you down or convince you that it is healthy to be fat. Hopefully you are feeling better where you are and are finding ways to maintain the loss (the tough bit IMO). Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2393250, member: 365308"] I had the misfortune to read a book by one of these people so here goes. Diet Culture is an idea promoted by the Healthy at Every Size 'community' . It is the latest branch of identity politics in which a group in society, in this case fat people, decide that they are uniquely victimised by their condition. If they have other immutable characteristics (gender, sexuality, race) that are in the minority they can increase their score on the victimhood totem pole. Those who aren't fat are deemed to have 'thin privilege' and the movement seeks to promote 'intuitive eating' and practical stuff like bigger seats in restaurants/airplanes and different beauty stands. See Tess Halliday and 'F your Beauty Standards' etc. and the furore over her appearance on s a swimsuit at 300 pounds (Cosmo). They seek to ban medical terms such as obese and seek to change the way we describe ourselves (not fat but living in a larger body) . There's a commercial element to this too because as people get larger they are keen to feel better about themselves and magazines etc. are keen to oblige! Lots of the HAZE bunch are young and pretty females who don't yet have health problems and it is interesting that there are no visible older people who have crippled knees, diabetic amputations etc. [B]I think they are correct in that conventional diets (calorie restriction) don't tend to work in the long term and can therefore damage the dieter's self confidence. I am sure a fat person can be 'healthier' than another fat person who eats badly and does not exercise but ultimately you can't be healthy with lots of excess fat and 80% of overweight people will develop metabolic issues compared to 40% of the normal weight people.[/B] People who leave this cult are 'thin shamed' for visibly rejecting their bad ideas and this is what you've experienced since you've charted your weight loss in the public space. It is your body and I expect you've had plenty of admiration and support for what you have done so don't let the activists drag you down or convince you that it is healthy to be fat. Hopefully you are feeling better where you are and are finding ways to maintain the loss (the tough bit IMO). Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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