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Post: 96937259_31 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:36:46 +0000
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Anorexia is a mental disorder while being fat is not. Being anorexic more detrimental to your health compared to being fat. People who are anorexic requires a lot more medical attention than people who are obese. Both is not good for your health nonetheless.

fat is mental, look up binge eating

People who often binge eat are not always fat. Some people from anorexia do binge eat and vomit everything out after that. Don't assume that all people who are fat will binge, being fat or obese just means that excessive fat is present in the body that may or may not affect health and nothing else. But yes, compulsive binge eating disorder is a mental condition.

eating is an addiction as well. in some people, carbs work like opiates

If the cause of their obesity is due to food, as they believe that it provides comfort. I would agree it is mental.

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Post: 96937259_32 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:37:40 +0000
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stop pooping

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i agree with you

it look a long time for me to stop basing so much on appearance alone and to stop judging

like why do people care so much about how much other people weigh lol. man, you never know what somebody else is going through

promote good health and self care to those who ask for it or to those who need it. otherwise, it's none of ur business

you are ver self conscious and i am not sure why you think anyone cares what you look like

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Post: 96937259_33 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:38:46 +0000
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lighthouses v2

stop pooping

fat is a state of being
anorexia is an eating disorder with deeper implications of mental illness

neither are good

this, kinda

you can still be fat and healthy (there are fat olympians, the strongest women in america are obese, there is absolutely no scientific study that proves weight loss=living longer, there are thin people with cholesterol problems, some diets can actually prove disastrous to health, simple body mass is no indication of somebody's actual health)

whereas anorexia is a deadly disease

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Post: 96937259_34 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:40:25 +0000
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fat is mental, look up binge eating

Also to add to this, there are dozens of diseases and health conditions where obesity is a symptom, not a trigger.
An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disorder, 60% of which are often unaware of their condition and wouldn't you know? Undiagnosed hypothyroidism has a plethora of symptoms including obesity. Its extremely difficult, if not impossible for some people to lose weigh with this disease regardless of their diets. On or off treatment if the obesity has already set it.

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Post: 96937259_35 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:41:34 +0000
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Because anorexia is serious as s**t and the long term effects on a person's life is devastating.
Fat is just fat. Fat itself is not the cause of health problems in and of itself.

are you telling me that not being able to move on your own is not a health problem?

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Post: 96937259_36 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:43:59 +0000
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I feel like it was the opposite for such a long time, that trends just change cause people get bored.
also, whats not ok is that people are more ready to call someone out on the way they look in a mean way instead of being concerned and helpful. being mean is easier than helping :p
that's why

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Post: 96937259_37 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:44:45 +0000
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fat is mental, look up binge eating

eating is an addiction as well. in some people, carbs work like opiates

If the cause of their obesity is due to food, as they believe that it provides comfort. I would agree it is mental.

if someone has to divine comfort from food (since comfort food is always the blandest), then something is wrong.

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Post: 96937259_38 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:45:09 +0000
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lainergie

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Because anorexia is serious as s**t and the long term effects on a person's life is devastating.
Fat is just fat. Fat itself is not the cause of health problems in and of itself.

ok, but how is that different from overeating? that can cause heart problems hypertension etc

Overeating and obesity are NOT one in the same.
I overeat like ******** crazy to maintain my weight and not go under a healthy weight because I have a disease. Other people eat just fine, ten times better than I do and are fat. Point blank.
People's bodies store and process food in different ways. Whether its just genetic, or a disease.
There are also thin people with hypertension, heart problems, etc. Fat is not a CAUSE of those thing.

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Post: 96937259_39 created on Thu, 21 May 2015 16:45:51 +0000
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lainergie

lighthouses v2

stop pooping

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you are ver self conscious and i am not sure why you think anyone cares what you look like

honestly how did u even come to that conclusion lol

why is it so important to you for me to be in emotional distress
about what other people think of my looks neutral

i just want everyone to love themselves

also, the links u asked for are cited directly in the TIME article u noob