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Also "but eating disorders!" needs to stop being the only reason given for criticism of extreme weightloss shows and the "war on obesity". Here are some other reasons we should really be discussing:
1) The fact that this contributes to the dehumanisation of fat people and their bodies. That we are being consistently othered. 2) the narrative that is pushed about that kind of personalities people with an obese bmi have. Laziness, lack of willpower, low intelligence.
Which increases the kinds of preconceptions that are the reason research has consistently shown that a fat person with the exact same employment history and personal skills will be seen as less competent and less suitable for an employment position than their thin equivalent.
That fatness makes a person deserving of suffering. To survive on so few calories you feel tired, emotional, headachey. But with this "war on fat" it is seen as a necessary sacrifice.
4) worst of all, that a fat person can be blamed for their own death. Forget that medical racism that already exists, if i were to die of covid, my death could be said to be because i was overweight. Suddenly the burden of not dying is on the individual.
