I find two things really hard to write about: obesity and mental health This blog is about both We know obesity is bad for you. What to do about it? That's much harder What we do know is that shame DOES NOT WORKhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/obesity-is-bad-for-your-health-b21439caa543 …
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Shame and stigma are horrible, pernicious things that do enormous harm. Obesity may be a problem, but shaming people just makes that problem work
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Conversely, the evidence about obesity being bad for you is very, very clear. My BMI is 28: this has health implications When it was 35, those implications were that much worse
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People should lose weight, if they have excess fat This does not make it ok to shame them, nor does it mean we can ignore the impacts of society on their health
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Including a quote from, and partially inspired by, @TamarHaspel
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