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Body Positivity Movement

April 18, 2022 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nautilus

March 28, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

Transcript Casey Viator, Mike Mentzer, Ray Mentzer, and Boyer Coe are the bodybuilders most people associate with Arthur Jones and Nautilus but, in the early 1970s, Bodybuilders such as John Grimek, Milo Steinborn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, […]

Frank Zane 300 Pound Morph

March 19, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

Transcript What would Frank Zane look like at if he were somehow able to weigh up to 300 pounds while still maintaining the aesthetics and proportions he was known for? Big Ramy’s contest weight has […]

Steve Reeves versus Dave Palumbo

March 13, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

Transcript Before analyzing our animated morph between Steve Reeves and Dave Palumbo, we should mention that Palumbo’s feet and ankles were composited from another photo of Palumbo which was a different pose but included his […]

Body positivity is a social movement focused on the acceptance of all bodies, regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities, while challenging present-day beauty standards as an undesirable social construct. Proponents focus on the appreciation of the functionality and health of the human body, instead of its physiological appearance.
Ostensible definition of “body positivity”, Wikipedia

The body positivity movement has been criticized for encouraging lifestyle habits that negatively affect one’s health. A central complaint is that excessive approval of overweight and obese individuals could dissuade them from desiring to improve their health, leading to lifestyle disease. Among health professionals, agreement with the movement is very low. A 2012 study found that among a sample of 1,130 trainee dietitians, nutritionist, nurses and medical doctors, only 1.4% had “positive or neutral attitudes” regarding excess body fat. According to internist Aditi G Jha, M.D., “central obesity is the number one factor associated with diabetes, hypertension, and infertility, in their respective orders.” The body positivity movement is sometimes discussed as a “denial of science”.
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