Health Fat acceptance movement

fat activists argue anti-fat stigma , aggressive diet promotion have led increase in psychological , physiological problems among fat people. concerns raised modern culture s focus on weight loss may not have foundation in scientific research, instead example of using science means control deviance, part of society s attempt deal finds disturbing. diet critics cite high failure rate of permanent weight loss attempts, , dangers of yo-yo weight fluctuations , weight loss surgeries. fat activists argue health issues of obesity , being overweight have been exaggerated or misrepresented, , health issues used cover cultural , aesthetic prejudices against fat.

proponents of fat acceptance maintain people of shapes , sizes can strive fitness , physical health. believe health independent of body weight. informed approach, psychologists unhappy treatment of fat people in medical world initiated health @ every size movement. has 5 basic tenets: 1. enhancing health, 2. size , self-acceptance, 3. pleasure of eating well, 4. joy of movement, , 5. end weight bias.

however, consensus within scientific community obesity has negative impact on health of individual. numerous medical studies have challenged healthy obesity concept. 1 complicating factor in these studies definitions of metabolically-healthy obesity not standardized across studies.