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ORIGINAL: domiguy

I couldn't help but notice that the op is unhealthy.

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ORIGINAL: DarlingSavage

I've been overweight. I prefer to be thin. I've been thin most of my life.

The problem with there being so many obese people lies in the fact that over >30% of the US population is obese. It is NOT something to be proud of. My brother is obese and so is my mom, my sister is overweight. I refuse to look like that. And just because people are thin, doesn't necessarily mean that they are "shirt ripping Fabios", which I can't stand those, either. As a female, I prefer to be the pretty one. I also like to be healthy.

According to the CDC:
American society has become 'obesogenic,' characterized by environments that promote increased food intake, nonhealthful foods, and physical inactivity. Policy and environmental change initiatives that make healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity available, affordable, and easy will likely prove most effective in combating obesity.

Obesity is a risk factor for a variety of chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, stroke, heart disease, certain cancers, and arthritis.26 Higher grades of obesity are associated with excess mortality, primarily from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. 26-28 Trends in obesity-related health outcomes do not always parallel trends in the prevalence of obesity. Despite the increases in obesity prevalence, mortality rates and mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke have declined over several decades,29 possibly due to improvements in public health and medical care (IMO, due to technological advances in medical care, public health improvements most likely refers to public education and response times. I wanted to clarify this before someone went off spouting off how great US health care already is. Yeah, it's great if you have tons of money.) and in other cardiovascular risk factors30; however, hypertension appears to be increasing.31 Of these obesity-related conditions, diabetes may be most closely linked to obesity, and the increasing incidence of diabetes worldwide is of considerable concern.32
Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999 - 2008

Because of the increased need for medical care caused by obesity, obesity becomes a disease burden to society at large, much the same as drug addiction or smoking.

Basically, what I hear the OP saying is that if we're thin or prefer thin people, then we shouldn't be into BDSM because it's heavily populated with obese people.

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ORIGINAL: AQuietSimpleMan

Go to a play party, Go to a munch, just look at the majority of people who use their own pictures on this site and you have to admit you will find more heavy ones than light ones. Maybe this isn't true per area, maybe this isn't true per kink, but in the end if you add them all up you just cannot deny they are there.

Just like you'll find more women over 35 then you will find under 35. Just like you will find more older fat Doms than you will Fabio shirt rippers.

It's just an accurate observation, and if you got a serious problem with those things pointed out maybe you ought to find a different Fantasy world cause it's going to get mentioned here.

QSM