(December 15, 2014 at 10:22 am)Alex K Wrote: Yes, that message is not a good one, but you're comparing apples with oranges, since being severely overweight may cause longterm damage and shorten your life expectancy, which is hard to compare to more immediate effects. Statistics suggest that at least 4-5% of people with anorexia or bulimia die from it, and I guess this is a rather short term effect compared to the delayed effects of obesity. But your apparent message to people with clinically diagnosable eating disorder that being a bit overweight is just as bad as anorexia, is very dangerous as well.
I don't think it's apples and oranges at all.
My point isn't that they're just as bad, health wise. But they're both unhealthy ideals. Ergo, neither should be promoted, and the act of promoting either is what is just as bad, because it's hypocritical if you promote one and bash on the other.
We're talking about societal messages here. Considering the amount of people affected by obesity as opposed to anorexia, I don't think it's all that much to suggest that promoting either ideal is just as bad as each other.
My 'message' isn't to people with clinically diagnosable eating disorders. That's a mute point. It's to the people sending out these retarded messages in the first place. The only people preaching about what is healthy/unhealthy should be doctors or dieticians. People who know their shit. Not some tumblr fag who's give her own prognosis. What I'm saying is the precise opposite of dangerous. You're nuts if you think otherwise.
