I agree with you about the critique around unhealthy eating because we’re not going to get better as a society until we can deal with it from a place of honesty and love. Honest criticisms aren’t intended to be mean, they’re intended to provide insight. Hard truths lead to change. Sometimes we need someone to hold up a mirror for is, you know?

I disagree with you because your analogy excluding diet culture (which absolutely does fat shame) from the picture makes that metaphorical mirror more of a warped fun house mirror. It’s a distorted image of the truth.

Our society has a toxic relationship to food and exercise and we are bombarded with advertising and mixed messaging from all 3 powerful and lucrative industries (medical health, diet, and food) from the moment we are born. Suggesting that it’s failure to deal with it successfully is just indolence on the part of the populace is dismissive and a failure to grasp the complexities of the problem yourself.

So that wasn’t the best analogy to go with. Especially since, as you said, there are so many others.

Besides, being thin isn’t the best indicator of health or a solid relationship with food. Anorexia, bulimia, and some overly restrictive diets of some vegans (think Jaiden Smitg) or severely picky eaters lead to severe health problems. They’re all thin. Not a one of them can climb a flight of stairs without having to go slow and catch their breath any better than an obese person.