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Is promoting weight loss dangerous?

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  • 7rainbow
    7rainbow Posts: 161 Member
    Depends on who is doing the promoting and who they are promoting it to. Some people really need to lose weight, and some people need to gain weight. If your doctor is telling you to lose weight, then this promotion is useful. Excess weight can increase risk to cancers, diabetes, joint pain, and other health problems. If it is the fad diet industry, then this can range between dangerous to simply useless weight loss advice. Overall I'll say it is typically for the better. As someone who struggled with an eating disorder like you mentioned above, it wasn't ads telling me to lose weight that made me this way, but rather the unhealthy ideal model image I learned from the media. Promoting weight loss can hurt some, but I feel like it can help many too.

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