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Do you think the media are promoting obesity as healthy?

I think it’s okay to feel good about our bodies but so long as people understand the detrimental effect of being overweight. People have a deluded concept about being curvy, if you’re overweight, it’s not curvy, it’s fat.

One of my friend is overweight and she is in this deluded bubble. We are all trying to help her to lose some weight.

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reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

I have often had this discussion with people. I ask people "if someone you really care about is dangerously overweight, what is the best way to love them 1:tell them they have a weight problem and and that you are there for them if they need help and support OR 2: tell them they look great the way they are and they should love themselves the way they are and they don't need to change" most people I've asked say 2, they give them the lie that makes them feel good and its also self serving because they appear like the " good guys". my love for someone will make me tell them what they need to hear whether they like hearing it or not and end up hating me for it, that to me is true love.

Grassisnotgreenerontheothersid · 31-35, F

We need to be honest with our loved ones. @reflectingmonkey