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Reader Question: What is Relapsing Remitting Obesity

Weight and Healthcare • 639 implied HN points • 13 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Obesity Weight Loss Diet Industry Health Issues Body positivity
  1. Relapsing Remitting Obesity is a term used in the context of repeated weight loss attempts followed by long-term weight gain.
  2. This concept of weight cycling has been shown to have serious negative impacts on health outcomes, which may be wrongly attributed to body size.
  3. The re-branding of weight cycling as Relapsing Remitting Obesity by the weight loss industry serves as a marketing tactic to perpetuate the cycle of failed products and interventions.

Ghosts of Diet Culture Present

Weight and Healthcare • 459 implied HN points • 28 Dec 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Loss Body positivity Health Impacts Diet Industry Weight Stigma
  1. Diet culture thrives on evil marketing seasons like the holidays, New Years Resolution season, and swimsuit season, making billions of dollars convincing people to try unproductive weight loss methods.
  2. Intentional weight loss often fails in the long term, leading to weight regain and potential negative health impacts like increased mortality, yet the diet industry continues to profit massively from repeat business.
  3. Weight stigma is a real issue, impacting individuals regardless of their body positivity, and many still believe in the myth that weight loss leads to better health despite evidence showing otherwise.

Is It Anti-Weight Stigma or Diet Industry Propaganda – A Handy Guide

Weight and Healthcare • 559 implied HN points • 28 May 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Stigma Diet Industry
  1. Be cautious of articles that medicalize body size, they may be diet industry propaganda rather than anti-weight stigma.
  2. Watch out for articles quoting individuals profiting from weight loss - they might be pushing diet industry agenda.
  3. Be wary of content that suggests weight loss as a solution to weight stigma, as it could actually be diet industry propaganda in disguise.

Intentional Weight Loss is Incompatible with Eating Disorders Prevention and Treatment – Even if Weight Watchers Disagrees

Weight and Healthcare • 499 implied HN points • 21 May 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Loss Eating Disorders Healthcare Obesity Diet Industry
  1. There is no evidence-based weight loss intervention; most people regain weight after short-term losses.
  2. Pathologizing higher-weight bodies contradicts ending weight stigma and providing ethical treatment.
  3. Promoting intentional weight loss requires ignoring failure rates, risks, and harms, incompatible with true health support.

Reader Question - What's the Difference Between Fat Activists and the Diet Industry?

Weight and Healthcare • 459 implied HN points • 08 Jun 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Body positivity Diet Industry Weight Stigma Fat Activism Healthcare
  1. The main difference between fat activists and the diet industry is their ultimate goals: Fat activists aim to end the weight-centric paradigm to affirm and accommodate fat individuals, while the diet industry seeks profit and perpetuates harmful practices.
  2. Fat activists focus on making information accessible without money as a barrier, prioritizing helping people over profit. In contrast, the diet industry prioritizes profit margins and is willing to take risks that harm fat individuals for financial gain.
  3. The approach to health by fat activists is grounded in thorough research, whereas the diet industry often pathologizes body size, creates misleading studies, and makes errors in correlation vs. causation analysis.
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The Pure Folly of Claiming Weight Loss Is An Anti-Weight Stigma Measure

Weight and Healthcare • 239 implied HN points • 29 Oct 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Stigma Fat Activism Diet Industry Health Risks Lobbying
  1. Promoting weight loss as an anti-weight stigma measure is harmful and misguided.
  2. The weight loss industry often tries to frame weight loss as a solution to weight stigma, but it is not a genuine anti-stigma action.
  3. Misinformation sponsored by the weight loss industry can lead to misunderstanding about fighting against weight stigma.

Does Fatness Really Cost the Workplace $73 Billion a Year? A Weight Loss Company Wants You To Think So

Weight and Healthcare • 239 implied HN points • 12 Mar 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Science Diet Industry Obesity Fat Activism
  1. A weight loss company used a study to push for lap band surgeries by exaggerating the cost of workplace 'fatness'.
  2. The study funding source being a pharmaceutical company raised concerns about biased results.
  3. Issues in the study include unreliable self-reported data, flawed statistical analysis, and assumptions linking productivity loss to weight.