AlexanderDantes wrote:
andrethemoogle wrote:
AlexanderDantes wrote:
No but plenty of other guys like big women.
However it can lead to obesity, diabetes and other harmful illnesses so you should steadily pursue an active lifestyle with a caloric deficit.
As can being too thin. You can be healthy and overweight, believe it or not. Anyone can develop anything, no matter if they are a "normal" weight.
Actually obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of death statistically like Smoking, it costs the healthcare industry billions.
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According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity and overweight together are the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, close behind tobacco use (3). An estimated 300,000 deaths per year are due to the obesity epidemic (57).
Let's not pretend obesity is a fashion trend here, it is something that effects the quality and standard of living.
Neither of you are incorrect:
While obesity is a public health issue it's not always an individual health issue, there are obese people who are in good health and within the average ranges for typical measures of fitness.
Additionally obesity isn't always a choice, the fact that a heavy-set person may be outside of the beauty ideal and at risk for health issues ought not to affect their perceived value as a human being. They got baggage, just like aspies, only people see theirs and judge right away since it's not internal like ours.
Keep in mind that many people with ASDs and other mental health concerns end up taking psychoactive medications that have weight gain as potential and significant side effect. Sometimes ones energy levels are affected and even light physical activity becomes significantly more demanding.
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