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by nancyhn 1115 days ago
Body positivity will go down as one of the most destructive marketing campaigns of all time. It helped lock in big food and big pharma revenues and avoid scrutiny at the expense of people's health and amplified healthcare costs for everyone.
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It's not body positivity that is driving the obesity epidemic. It started long before that movement existed. Body positivity is just a coping mechanism because we don't have anything better.