The Effect Fat Acceptance Is Having On Kids

About a documentary called Junk Food Kids. The increase is insane, even more sad when you see little kids in the hospital because of their junk food diets. When you see them on a hospital bed knowing they shouldn't be there in the first place or they lose all their teeth.

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

It isn't really fat acceptance that is the problem. Fat shaming is negative and unproductive and some people actually cannot help it. We have to look at the underlying causes and use positive incentive rather than bullying individuals.

Soda is cheaper than juice, fruit or vegetable. In some cases soda is cheaper than bottled water. I love drinking sweetened drinks myself. But a lot of people have no idea how to moderate.

In a lot of places ultra processed food is cheaper than produce and whole lean meats. The ultra processed food is faster, for those stretched on time but also more calorie dense while being less satiating.

People have been turning to food when bored or to manage their emotions.

Some people have genetic pre-dispositions towards fat. I think fat acceptance is positive, we should not be shaming people for their appearance.

We should be shaming the food industry and the government that has let it get away with this. We should be promoting people to be more active regardless of their weight.

Scribbles · 36-40, F

@ViciDraco well said

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@ViciDraco I don't understand why so many people think the only other option besides fat acceptance is fat shaming or fat bullying. It's not an either/or thing.

Back when I was a kid, there were these cartoon shorts on Saturday morning TV (yes, I know Saturday morning cartoons aren't a big deal anymore in this age of streaming) with nutritional tips and exercise ideas. I didn't actually follow them, because nobody made me, but still. The videos were well made, and they didn't talk down to kids or make them feel bad.

Here's a couple of good ideas they promoted for healthier snacks:
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And this one warns against eating when you're bored, suggesting the radical idea of going and playing outside instead.
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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@LordShadowfire the fear industry has people afraid to let their kids go outside these days as well.

The original message seems to make the claim that fat acceptance is bad. The logical conclusion is that if fat is unacceptable it is shameful. I'm simply trying to direct the conversation towards blaming sources not people and to promoting steps that make people healthier regardless of weight.

There are fat people out there that are actually fairly healthy. The problem usually isn't the fat itself but the lifestyle that leads to the fat. A lot of skinny people suffer the same diseases and complications, catching people off guard. Their genetic predisposition towards being thin makes people confuse it with being healthy, but eating poorly and not exercising is still hurting them even if they are not putting on pounds.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@ViciDraco It would be shaming if I made fun of a person for being fat but arguing against their logic isn't shaming because any ideas can be criticized. You haven't been in the fat acceptance movement to see what they say and doctors haven't been in on it but there's even a few fat activists doctors who go to the extreme of literally saying that obesity doesn't cause any issues.