My father is a big man, edging pretty close to 400lbs. He has a lot of mental health issues from it and that compound it. External to himself, I see a lot of fatphobia with his health care.
I know being so heavy can be the cause of a lot of issues, but his care boils down to just exclusively telling him to lose weight. They've missed all sorts of issues with him by just assuming every complication he has is from his weight. I hate it for him, I do.
I don't encourage him to gain weight or anything, but I just really try to make a distinction between how fat he is, and improving the quality of his life. It's hard because I think he looks fine, but I just want to encourage him without embarrassing him.
I'm not sure what the solution is. I work out consistently, and in a strange way I feel it my communist duty, but not everyonemis capable for a variety of reasons. But we can encourage good health while not writing off the chunky among us as slobs or unhealthy, as it's not true.
My father is a big man, edging pretty close to 400lbs. He has a lot of mental health issues from it and that compound it. External to himself, I see a lot of fatphobia with his health care.
I know being so heavy can be the cause of a lot of issues, but his care boils down to just exclusively telling him to lose weight. They've missed all sorts of issues with him by just assuming every complication he has is from his weight. I hate it for him, I do.
I don't encourage him to gain weight or anything, but I just really try to make a distinction between how fat he is, and improving the quality of his life. It's hard because I think he looks fine, but I just want to encourage him without embarrassing him.
I'm not sure what the solution is. I work out consistently, and in a strange way I feel it my communist duty, but not everyonemis capable for a variety of reasons. But we can encourage good health while not writing off the chunky among us as slobs or unhealthy, as it's not true.