I’m talking about deeply held beliefs you have that many might disagree with here or deem to be incompatible with Marxist ideology. I’m interested because I doubt everyone here is an ideological robot who all share the same uniformity in belief

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    2 years ago

    Yeah that’s also very true. Instagram and whatnot have completely fucked up our societal standards and expectations. Humans can have a lot of fat on them and still be in good shape. There are people whose bmi is well into the “obese” category and walk around perfectly fine and healthy. I personally consider a person “unhealthy” when their weight impacts their ability to move as much as they would like to.

    But the issue remains, because there are factors like muscle mass and bodyfat percentage, both of which are partially genetic in nature and impact how weight relates to size and thus health.

    As in all other fields, i think adding labels, names and classifications really doesn’t help. People should be educated about how to gauge and manage their health at any size, and utopistically we should strive for a society where the idea of having a “body standard” has been overcame.