Health Toolkit Part Two: Health and Weight are Not the Same Thing
The narrow image of “health” that mainstream culture promotes did not work for me. Instead, I have discovered a health which allows for more flexibility and nuance. One of the first steps in this journey was realizing that health and weight are not the same thing. Weight and health have become so intertwined that this statement might seem radical or extreme. However, focusing on weight for the sake of “health” is damaging. First, this perpetuates terrible fatphobia and weight