Fat "acceptance" - from the PoV of a fat person

[passiveporcupine]

122. I'd like to see some kind of study that proves that

However, being thin does not mean you are healthy.

Obesity is a serious epidemic in the U.S., but the problem, doctors say, is that we are putting too much weight on weight. When the CDC released obesity numbers last week, we cheered that the rate had fallen so drastically for children ages 2 to 5, even though obesity rates overall remained relatively flat. People with stellar metabolisms and magical genes may not look the part, but they can have the same medical issues as an obese person: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and out-of-control blood sugar. It should be obvious, but a culture obsessed with weight doesn’t always remember that appearances of health can be skin deep.

http://time.com/14407/the-hidden-dangers-of-skinny-fat/

My BIL died a few years ago at 57, and he has always been thin and fit. He was a wood worker and walked daily on top of his physical job, and took care of all his yard work (involved a lot of weed whacking in summer and snow plowing in winter. He did remodels on the homes he bought and lived in, which is also physical. And he ate right. Ate very healthy, no much alcohol, no smoking. But he had cholesterol problems and ended up with a stent and then congestive heart failure. It ran in his family.

So yes, it's not necessarily the weight that is the problem, but heredity and how you care for yourself. Sometimes because of heredity, you can't do enough to stay alive.