It's this negative feeling that overwhelms us every time we think something bad about our body, when someone looks at us with that critical gaze, comments on how we look in their eyes, and draws conclusions about our health, lifestyle, and character.
Body Shaming is about everything that touches our external appearance. This can be our hair, our clothes, our age, our food choices, our body. The last two can lead to eating disorders, a false body image, low self-esteem, psychological problems and anxiety. So the next time we even well-intentionedly comment on a personal part of someone else, let's think again, let's think twice.
It is true that the World Health Organization (WHO) has set some ideal limits based on an average of healthy individuals, and it is very important that we fluctuate within these limits in order to maintain our health at the highest possible level, and that this is reflected from the inside out. We should not overlook, however, that these indicators and these limits are not the only way for someone to be healthy, nor the only way to be happy. But above all, we should not overlook that in every rule there are exceptions to this and it is very important to have information, proper specialization and individualization only from experts in matters of health. No one else has either reason or the right to give advice, comment and judge our body.
It goes without saying that we will all go to the beaches this year, it goes without saying that we can all wear what we feel comfortable in, it goes without saying that we will eat what we feel we need. And that is precisely why we do not need to be applauded, nor mocked, nor hidden, nor provoked.