• sploosh@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I am a formerly obese person who got out of that cycle before HAES hit. I had obese people tell me that HAES meant they are healthy if they could walk up a flight of stairs. Those are the people I am talking about, and they seemed to be people saying HAES the loudest. If there’s a public perception problem surrounding HAES that’s not on the public, that’s on the people who let their message get diluted.

    For the record, I made no comment about morality, though I do consider overconsumption to be immoral.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Fair enough, there were also people that misused the term that also made the messaging worthless as well.