It’s some of what other commenters have said, but also, a lot of the “science” about the dangers of being fat are based on extremely shonky statistics. While it’s probably true that being extremely fat is quite bad, the evidence for being a bit overweight being bad is actually extremely weak. BMI in particular is completely made up nonsense. Combine that with the fact that doctors won’t take real health complaints seriously when they think people are overweight, and that fat people are paid less for the same work, etc, and you end up with another very effective method of class oppression - rich people can get lipo, steroids and ozempic and poor people are looked down on for being fat like it’s their fault even though the fact that it’s the majority of people shows it’s something wrong with the whole societal food supply, transport infrastructure, etc.
Haha, I should have thought about that. I’m from New Zealand, it’s a pretty normal word here which means something like untrustworthy, crooked, janky, badly done. I assume Australia has it too and at a guess I’d say the Brits might also but I’m not sure about that.
It’s some of what other commenters have said, but also, a lot of the “science” about the dangers of being fat are based on extremely shonky statistics. While it’s probably true that being extremely fat is quite bad, the evidence for being a bit overweight being bad is actually extremely weak. BMI in particular is completely made up nonsense. Combine that with the fact that doctors won’t take real health complaints seriously when they think people are overweight, and that fat people are paid less for the same work, etc, and you end up with another very effective method of class oppression - rich people can get lipo, steroids and ozempic and poor people are looked down on for being fat like it’s their fault even though the fact that it’s the majority of people shows it’s something wrong with the whole societal food supply, transport infrastructure, etc.
I love and support your comment, but want to know more about the word “shonky”
Haha, I should have thought about that. I’m from New Zealand, it’s a pretty normal word here which means something like untrustworthy, crooked, janky, badly done. I assume Australia has it too and at a guess I’d say the Brits might also but I’m not sure about that.