Being Fat Isn't the Same as Promoting Obesity

What happens when simply existing in a bigger body gets interpreted as “promoting obesity”?

In this episode of Big Man Big Problems, Julio is joined by Yvette and Alyssa for another round of reacting to body positivity videos and, more importantly, the comments underneath them.

This conversation gets personal quickly. Julio shares his own experience of having serious medical concerns blamed on his weight, including a neurofibroma on his spine that went overlooked for years. They talk about weight bias in healthcare, why obesity needs to be treated like a medical condition instead of a character flaw, and the difference an empathetic doctor can make.

Then they get into body positivity and one of the biggest arguments surrounding it, Is someone promoting obesity simply because they're comfortable existing publicly in a bigger body?

For Julio, there's a big difference between saying something unhealthy should be celebrated and saying, this is who I am, this is the body I live in, and I'm still going to live my life.

And, of course, they read the comments. Because sometimes the comments tell you a lot more about people than the video ever could.

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