"Health at every size" is dangerous nonsense

I get annoyed by SJW's on a daily basis. I think that to anyone that follows me this becomes evident after just a few articles that I write that can be considered mildly political. However, I mostly feel as though the actions of these people that normally just create problems where they don't exist in an effort to virtue signal, there are a few "activists" out there that are definitely harming the people that listen to them. The "health at every size" people are doing exactly that.

I can totally get on board with not being ok with bullying the fat kid at school but if you think a bunch of posters in NYC is going to in any way affect the politics of an elementary school playground, well you live in a very "special" world.

The Health at Every Size (HAES) people like to contend a few things that are psychobabble

• Your body size is not an indication of health
• Diets don't work

With rare exceptions, your body size absolutely IS an indication of overall health. It's nature's built-in mechanism of health-indication. I get it, the body image of everyone needing to look like a fitness model is unreasonable - I can get on board with that, but to suggest that exercise and diet do not work is dangerous and encourage people to do nothing and convince them that any efforts at change would be a waste of time.

I am reminded of this episode of Southpark where Randy sees something on TV that suggest being an alcoholic is a disease that is beyond his control so he no longer has to feel bad about drinking.

In many ways I think loathing your own body might actually do some people some good. It worked for me when at nearly 240 pounds after spending all of my life up to about 25 being a pretty hardcore athlete I looked in the mirror and finally told the fatty in my reflection that I needed to do something. I didn't say "well, this is just how I am now and I am clearly healthy."

If getting your shopping done in Wal-Mart makes you sweaty and out of breath, you are not healthy at any size.

I find the diet comments by this group to be particularly disturbing. I agree that TEMPORARY FAD DIETS don't work and will almost certainly result in you getting bigger in the end. However, some of the activists in this troop suggest that you can just eat whatever you want and still be healthy and this is absolute nonsense!

There's the ticket right there. A diet that takes all your joy out of eating almost certainly will eventually result in you returning to your old ways and depending on how long you "stuck" to the fad diet you may have actually damaged your metabolism in the process.

If you are fat (and I still am, a little bit, I'm working on it) then this is your body's way of telling you that you are doing something wrong. We don't all need to be skinny jeans wearing folks with 6-pack abs, but if you trouble finding shirts that fit you and are considering a motorized scooter to go shopping despite having no debilitating illness or injury... you are not healthy... and to create a movement of acceptance of this, is dangerous, dishonest, and dumb.