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"I've been going down the HAES/Fat Acceptance rabbit hole again for the past couple days, specifically the podcast Maintenance Phase and the community surrounding it. This started as a cheap and, if I'm being honest, pretty mean spirited way to boost my own self esteem by getting a laugh out of these"
"they've created a boogeyman out of the "diet industry" but it's hardly even a worthwhile antagonist. weightloss services' global worth was about 224.27 Billion in 2021, less than 16% of the global pharmaceutical industry, valued at $1.42 trillion that same year."
"It's just funny to me because usually the HAES argument is "BMI is a poor measure because it says I'm fat when I know I'm not". Yeah, sure. You're a rippling wall of muscle that's why BMI isn't working"
"I see a lot of posts on Twitter of fat/bigger people claiming to be marginalized or pushing the whole HAES thing and disregarding health issues linked with obesity. And I just noticed they are almost always fat women, 99% of the time it's an obese woman (white too) saying something like being fat is"
"In its inception, punk was an anti-racist, HAES-friendly (Health At Every Size) safe space where differences were celebrated, not exploited for edgy marketing campaigns."
"I know there's a lot of anti fat posts on this sub and I totally agree being morbidly obese is unhealthy, **there's no such thing as HAES**, etc."
"I used to be formerly obese, and the HAES movement drives me up a fucking wall."