Her doctor told her, “It was probably hereditary, exacerbated by my weight.” After joining a gym, she was introduced to a personal trainer who helped her ease the pain of her knee condition- completely ridding her of the pain in six months. She was diagnosed with ‘ patellae chondromalacia’ and told she would have to manage that for the rest of her life.

Martina Donkers was told that her increasingly painful knee pain was “due to early-onset arthritis as a result of my being overweight” despite being an active dancer and netball player. Rebecca Hiles was told by her doctors for years that her persistent, violent coughing fits were “clearly just weight-related” when in actuality, her lung was rotting. had a horrid sinus infection and was lectured by a physician on how she needed to lose weight as she was hacking on the consultation table. Even medical professionals see fatness as the cause of illnesses that have nothing to do with weight.Ī woman named Karyn S. One of the core issues here is automatically equating thinness to health. This is a problem of how fat-shaming, body-shaming, and faux-health concern are rooted in our culture. Fat people simply existing in this world does not mean they are advocating or promoting anything let’s start there

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