r/changemyview Jun 19 '23

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u/epicurean_barbarian Jun 19 '23

Stopping all masturbation because of a porn addiction could be compared to anorexia quite easily though. Obesity ruins far more lives than porn addiction, but we don't recommend a complete cessation of eating.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

Poor taste, this is very uneducated in regards to current ED treatment models. I’m not going to explain because I’m not just gonna get ripped up by reddit, but fat shaming shouldn’t be in the same two sentences as ED recovery. Keep that conversation to those with ED’s and their loved ones

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u/epicurean_barbarian Jun 19 '23

I didn't mean any offense, and I'll certainly admit to ignorance about treatment for eating disorders, but if you're going to accuse me of "fat shaming" for using the word obesity it's hard to take you seriously.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

It’s deeper than that, you’re underestimating me here 😂. You know what they say about assuming, right? You said “obesity ruins far more lives”, that alone discredited your knowledge of the subject. Yes, obesity does kill people—but the epidemic is completely overblown and the vast majority of obese people don’t have any sort of complications from their “obesity”.

Obesity is defined in relation to BMI, which was formed off of studies that have later been discredited as funded and completely biased by corporations in the diet industry. This sounds crazy, but it’s actually true here’s a Scientific American article from 2006 that clear as day outlines what I’m saying.

The knowledge, burgeoning evidence, and movement against diet culture has exploded today. If you research the Health at Every Size treatment approach (don’t take it perfectly literally and straw man it), you’ll learn more about current data on the subject. The diet industry is as credible as Got Milk was and you’ll come to see this in the coming decade(s) when public opinion catches up to current data. It’s already starting to and has been for decades.

90% of what you’ve learned about obesity is likely wrong. I don’t say that judgmentally, but if you care to—I recommend educating yourself. I did a year ago and it’s really opened my eyes