Andrea Junker 16h ago

The Pentagon says only 23% of Gen Z is fit to serve. The rest are either obese, failing math, or already have a rap sheet.

Turns out if you gut schools and subsidize corn syrup long enough, you accidentally pacifist-proof the entire country.

Tactical genius.

Show threadMs. Rachel Andry (Isn't Real)
@Strandjunker FYI, "obese"/"obesity" is a fatphobic slur, BMI is a pseudoscience, and fat people are not failed thin people who ate too much food. please do better.
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Show threadJim13h ago
@YKantRachelRead @Strandjunker
Obesity was the term used in the ABC report. In this instance the word was probably used for accuracy. I also believe in healthcare one will find obesity as a common nomenclature.
Show threadMs. Rachel Andry (Isn't Real)13h ago
@CaymanPilot @Strandjunker do you also believe that reports on transfeminine people like me that refer to us as "trans-identified males" mean that it's okay to uncritically repeat that language?
Show threadPasswordsarehard49h ago
@CaymanPilot @YKantRachelRead @Strandjunker don’t do “better”. Fat isn’t healthy and we don’t have to lie so they feel better about killing themselves.
Show threadash (he/it)10h ago
@YKantRachelRead @Strandjunker BMI is definitely not an accurate measure of a person's health, however obesity is an accepted medical term. I don't believe OP is saying that "fat people are failed thin people", however the physicality required in military basic training may be impacted by body fat percentage, whether it be too high OR too low. Also, there is a documented child/youth obesity epidemic in America (which is a direct product of uncontrolled capitalism and not a moral failing)
Show threadash (he/it)10h ago
@YKantRachelRead @Strandjunker https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9232860/#R1
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
"Obesity is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a chronic, relapsing disease arising from complex interactions between genetics, neurobiology, eating behaviours, access to healthy diet, market forces, and the broader environment."
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Show threadMs. Rachel Andry (Isn't Real)10h ago

@ashesx2xashes @Strandjunker

fat liberation activists and eating disorder advocates (among others) do consider "obese"/"obesity" to be a slur. see e.g. https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/obesity-is-fatphobic/

Weight is an arbitrary, inaccurate measure of health. Weight alone does not cause health problems or increase mortality. Many factors can affect body weight. And those that have the most influence are not within an individual’s control, contrary to popular belief about diet and exercise. These include genetics, race, ethnicity, environment, income, and socioeconomic status.

What using the word “ob*sity,” labeling people as “ob*se,” and claiming “ob*sity” as a disease does do is stigmatize fat people. This is what causes serious harm and leads to the very health complications the healthcare community blames on weight–including eating disorders, which do have a very high mortality rate.

the root word of 'obese' is the Latin 'obesus,' literally "to eat until you're fat." the word in itself is therefore stigmatizing to fat people: https://www.etymonline.com/word/obese

I strongly recommend doing more research and listening to more fat liberation activists. medicalized fatphobia has devastating real-world consequences for fat people, and what generally happens is those consequences are turned around on us and we're blamed for our own oppression.

Why the Word “Ob*sity” is Fatphobic - National Alliance for Eating Disorders

The pervasiveness of the word “obesity” underlines the fact that the damage of weight stigma is greater risk to public health than living in a larger body.

National Alliance for Eating Disorders
Show threadash (he/it)9h ago
@YKantRachelRead @Strandjunker
I was unaware of the preferred terminology, apologies and thank you for educating me!
At the same time, Ob*seity is, at the time being, still the accepted medical terminology. Many people are also consistently taught that the word "fat" is not the word they should be using, that it is rude.
Again, I do not think that OP was saying that "fat people are failed thin people" by any stretch and they explicitly reference one of the reasons for unhealthy weight gain.