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There are people who are fat/plus size who work out as much as someone else who is skinny, who will eat "healthy" (in terms of not eating a lot of junk food) and can lead healthy lifestyles but are still fat because sometimes that's their body makeup unfortunately. Just as much as there are people who are skinny who don't work out, who will eat junk food, and don't lead healthy lifestyles but are still skinny.
I have a mate who doesn't work out, sits around for work, can eat 10 dim sims and still be hungry, but he's still skinny and is often regarded as "healthy". Whereas I can workout 5 days a week, not eat junk food, and can be active, yet I will still be fat.
Yes, there are fat people who aren't healthy, much like there's skinny people who are healthy. But wear and tear can happen to anyone regardless of weight. I'm not trying to say that every fat person is healthy, but to say that every skinny person is healthy is vastly untrue and hurtful. Especially when it comes to people who have eating disorders (not only that but A LOT of fat people have eating disorders too, they're just not seen as "valid" in the medical field because they're fat), a lot of people will see them as healthy and as a beauty standard, when they are not healthy.
Sorry mate but being overweight is a sign of being unhealthy. Your skinny mate who eats 10 dimmies is also unhealthy. There are plenty of unhealthy skinny people.
Edit: in case I come across as preachy, I'm overweight and I'll readily admit it's unhealthy
But the thing is you wouldn't know that he eats like that. You would look at someone like myself and say unhealthy because we've been taught to see fat = unhealthy and skinny = healthy.
What I'm trying to say is that we don't know if people are unhealthy or healthy. Like weightlifters, wrestlers and sumo wrestlers are all big people and will be seen as fat, but they are athletes. They are bloody pros in their field! If you want to view fat as unhealthy, or you want to view yourself as unhealthy, then fine. I'm not going to obviously try and change your mind, much as you won't change my mind.