It’s important to note that even in a world where everyone ate kale and lentils all the time, we still all wouldn’t be the same, thin weight. There would still be people of all sizes. We’re all different. Which is not to say that weight is irrelevant to health. There are genuine health associations with higher weights (associations, not causal relationships necessarily), but it’s much more complex than only looking at weight. As long as the focus of health care, from doctors, government guidelines, insurers, and more, begins with bodies and weight, people are being set up to not only fail but
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