Weight loss isn't inherently healthy and weight gain isn't inherently unhealthy. Conflating weight loss with health only serves to further perpetuate weight stigma. Just because someone may be in a calorie deficit and actively losing weight doesn't necessarily mean that their health is improving. Comments about weight can also be incredibly harmful to those with an active eating disorder or in recovery. Just don’t comment on other people’s bodies. It’s that simple. To be clear, the comments here are not a place to share “skinny shaming” stories because that’s not the point. Weight bias and weight stigma negatively affect fat individuals more severely and in more systemic ways. Even though all body shaming can be hurtful, all body shaming is not equivalent. Some sizes are accepted and praised more than others. That privilege changes the stigma. That privilege is why weight loss is often looked at as something inherently healthy, while fat is assumed to be unhealthy. In addition to all of this, I’d also like to add that being unhealthy is not a moral failing either. Weight and health both have a lot to do with environment, genetics and policy decisions. It’s not always as simple as just making healthful lifestyle choices when you may not have the time, money or ability to make such choices. If you’d like to learn more about weight bias and weight stigma while laughing your 🍑 off, I recommend @maintenancephase podcast. Aubrey Gordon’s (@yrfatfriend) book ‘What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat’ is an excellent resource as well. In addition, @the_bodylib_advocate does some excellent advocacy work in the body liberation space as well. #bodyliberation #fatliberation #weightbias #weightstigma #disorderedeating #eatingdisorderrecovery #disorderedeatingrecovery #mindyourownbody #health #nutrition #dietculture #dietculturesucks #science #scicomm #scicommunity