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It's not just a difference in health care... Being overweight won’t necessarily make you unhealthy, but feeling bad about it will
Like transgender suicide rates, it's not the physical state of being which is the risk factor, it's the shame and stigma surrounding it. And that means that shaming fat people "out of concern for their health" is completely counterproductive. It is, in fact, a large part of the problem.
Like transgender suicide rates, it's not the physical state of being which is the risk factor, it's the shame and stigma surrounding it. And that means that shaming fat people "out of concern for their health" is completely counterproductive. It is, in fact, a large part of the problem.