Body positivity movement rejected by health influencer on weight loss journey: ‘morbid obesity is not healthy’
The body positivity movement — while rooted in good intentions — has spiraled out of control and promotes lifestyles that are not physically or mentally healthy, a man in the middle of a weight-loss journey said.
“I can say that when I was about 400 pounds, that wasn’t a positive thing for my body,” Dave Danna, a 30-year-old from South Carolina, told Fox News. “I feel like what I am doing right now is body positivity and what I am getting towards is a healthy size.”
Danna’s weight gain began after he graduated from college and continued for years until ...