Please don't use body fat as a climate change metaphor. First, it's a bad metaphor (fat is farm more complex than calories in - calories out). Plus, this basically equates eating food with fossil fuel burning, and reinforces fatness as something to be combatted or ashamed of.
When I say "bad metaphor" I mean it. Most of what you hear about body fat is woefully anti-scientific, as body fat scientists will tell you (and yes, this includes what you hear from doctors): highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/ev…
This also goes for journalists or climate communicators jumping on the opportunity to include obesity as a moral imperative for fighting climate change ("Ride bikes! Go vegan! Fight climate change and the obesity crisis!"). Greenwashing fat-phobia doesn't make it suddenly okay.
*far more complex, not "farm" more complex.
(DO NOT comment on the health or appearance of the woman in the article photo. Instead, read the article, update your understanding of the science of fat, and say to yourself, "a happy fat person in the world is not an invitation for my comment. I will mind my own business!")
(Apparently this needs to be spelled out explicitly: do not reply to this thread advocating for calorie restrictions or various diets. Do not attempt to turn this into a discussion that frames fat as a problem that needs to be fixed. Practice minding your own business about fat.)
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