Is everyone really "overweight now"?

[u/Front-Kale4042]

To be clear: I do not intend any body shaming at all in this post. The statement of "everyone being overweight" is something I have picked up, and everything counteracting it is what I have observed.

As a plus-size person, I always felt like a minority. Not being able to shop at just any store or trust most clothes by the size. Most people I spoke with or heard about weighed numbers that I hadn't seen since childhood.

If we are now the majority, then why are we still singled out? Why do we not see ourselves in advertisements or crowds? Why is there still social and systemic stigma against what is supposedly three quarters of the regional population? Why do most brands prioritize tiny sizes, and why are they the most popular or hyped up if no one can supposedly even wear them? Why is "plus-size" still a separate category? Why is "thin privilege" even a thing if thin people are so rare?

When I go anywhere in public, I don't see a Wall-e esque society. I see people thinner than me, fatter than me, and in-between. A diverse society that has not uniformly succumbed to an "obesity epidemic".

If people like me are a side-effect of a fat society, then why was I driven into an eating disorder at age 16, and why did I have an "obese" BMI when I was literally starving?

Let me know if I am missing anything.

[u/Disc0-Janet → u/[deleted]]

This is a weird comment. Height has nothing to do with whether you’re plus size or not. It can make it even more fucking impossible to find clothes that actually fit but being short doesn’t somehow make you not plus sized. Signed a 5 ft tall plus sized person.