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How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

Everybody keeps asking this, but no one has a crystal ball. Some fat people live a long healthy life, others die early. It's just like anything else that can be risky, such as skydiving or race car driving.
6 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

fatterandfatter:
Thank you! Lets eat and be fat and happy smiley.


Yes, I'll certainly drink (and eat) to that!
6 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

I just come back from an interview for a call center - a heaven for those who like SSBBW. One BBW by the standards here but SSBBW for the standards of my area did climb two set of stairs and then down again without an issue.

If we land the job (actually if she does) I would ask her number.
5 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

It seems there are two very loud groups on the Internet, both extremely stupid.

One is commenting to youtube videos of even just slightly chubby people with rants like "you will die soon you idiot" and attack the fat acceptance movement for promoting a "deadly" disease. Ironically, they themselves might have unhealthy habits like smoking or doing drugs, but they are just so focused on "saving the lives" of fat people (by screaming insults at them) that they never realize their own hypocrisy.

The other is often found on this very site, claiming that being obese (even extremely so, like at or near immobility) has absolutely no health risks whatsoever, and everyone who disagrees has just fallen for the evil conspiracy of the diet industry.

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The answer is obviously somewhere in-between. And of course it depends on lots of factors, including genetics, activity level, the types of foods consumed, and many more. Some can start having health problems by a relatively small increase in weight, others can get extremely fat and suffer only very mild negative effects. However, we should not lie to ourselves: getting to the size where mobility is severely impaired, does have significant health risks. If you plan to reach such a size, or plan to support someone else reaching such a size, you should be well prepared to honestly answer the question whether you accept those risks, instead of lying to yourself and pretending those risks don't exist at all.
5 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

Well said, curiousv. Let's not be part of "that" crowd that dismisses commonly accepted medical advice; that's putting yourself in the same category as an anti-vaxxer. What's important to note is that leading a lifestyle that carries health risks is okay. Do what makes you happy, but don't lie to yourself or other people.
5 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

You could be a fit healthy person who runs marathons but that’s not good for your heart either, live life how you want to
5 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

Everyone should also remember that obesity researcher's first priority is stay employed. They have called obesity a disease in order to get more funding. They have called it an epidemic to get more funding, and they have gone as far as saying obesity is communicable to get more funding. In other words, the worse they make it sound, the more job security they have.
5 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

Doctors always tell you that being overweight is bad and unhealthy. But it is inactivity that really is unhealthy
4 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

Health At Every Size haescommunity.com/

And The Obesity Paradox haescommunity.com/

"dozens of studies have confirmed the existence of the paradox. Being overweight is now believed to help protect patients with an increasingly long list of medical problems, including pneumonia, burns, stroke, cancer, hypertension, and heart disease. Researchers who have tried to show that the paradox is based on faulty data or reasoning have largely come up short. And while scientists do not yet agree on what the paradox means for health, most accept the evidence behind it. “It’s been shown consistently enough in different disease states,” says Gregg Fonarow, a cardiology researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles."
4 years

How unhealthy is being an bbw/ssbbw, really?

curiousv:
It seems there are two very loud groups on the Internet, both extremely stupid.

One is commenting to youtube videos of even just slightly chubby people with rants like "you will die soon you idiot" and attack the fat acceptance movement for promoting a "deadly" disease. Ironically, they themselves might have unhealthy habits like smoking or doing drugs, but they are just so focused on "saving the lives" of fat people (by screaming insults at them) that they never realize their own hypocrisy.

The other is often found on this very site, claiming that being obese (even extremely so, like at or near immobility) has absolutely no health risks whatsoever, and everyone who disagrees has just fallen for the evil conspiracy of the diet industry.

...

The answer is obviously somewhere in-between. And of course it depends on lots of factors, including genetics, activity level, the types of foods consumed, and many more. Some can start having health problems by a relatively small increase in weight, others can get extremely fat and suffer only very mild negative effects. However, we should not lie to ourselves: getting to the size where mobility is severely impaired, does have significant health risks. If you plan to reach such a size, or plan to support someone else reaching such a size, you should be well prepared to honestly answer the question whether you accept those risks, instead of lying to yourself and pretending those risks don't exist at all.


This is a lot like smoking weed. People against it say it's gonna give you an IQ of 5. People for it think it makes your big brain even biglier. When in reality it's not that harmful for you but it for sure is not healthy.
4 years
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