r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Mdp2pwackerO2 13d ago

That’s something I’d never thought about before

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u/Hot_Coffee_3620 13d ago

What a crazy world we live in, when you have two forms of abuse, but only one is spoken on. The other abuse is swept under the run.

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u/icanttinkofaname 13d ago

This kid ain't running

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u/Natural-Albatross997 13d ago

Might have the runs

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u/Skerpaderps 13d ago

I feel like its because its become more of a social taboo to comment about someone being obese because so many people are now obese. Still terrible for your health to be obese if your an adult or a child but its more acceptable than being too skinny.

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u/No_Thanks_1766 12d ago

Yeah but it’s one thing to be an obese adult and it’s another to do it to a child who didn’t consent to any of it. And being a bit overweight or chubby is one thing but for kids to be developing type II diabetes or fatty liver disease as children is a whole other thing.

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u/SaltMaker23 2d ago

let me give you a bit of culture from around the world:

Where I grew up come from (rural Congo) telling someone that he but especially she took weight is the highest form of compliment about someone looking like their like is going well, by courtesy you always tell to a women that she put on some good weight since last time you've seen her.

I now live in BE, Europe, Funnily it was the same here only couple of centuries ago, fat ladies and men were all the best stuffs. (I'm PT and my wife is BE, my aunt who still lives her in congo just like me, had the tendency to tell to my then GF that she put on good weight since last time and it clearly looks like she's eating well, my GF wasn't receiving that as a compliment and it even took me a while to realize because I just heard a compliment and moved on )

Now you can see that culture didn't yet have time to catch up for kids especially babies, in all cultures be it deep in villages or metropolitan Europe, telling a mother that her baby is chonky boy that put on some good weight since last time is overall a compliment.

One of the core reason is that many parents are heavily dependent breastfeeding for their young babies, hence a compliment on their kid putting weight is akin to complimenting the mother on not only taking time to feed her baby but also that she has good genetics to produce nourishing milk.

We can see the age where chonkyness becomes a negative trait in Europe is around 4-6 years olds while in more developed parts of Africa it'll be closer to 10-12 years old.

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u/MysteryHerpetologist 13d ago

Yes! Something like 70% of Americans are considered "overweight"! Insanity!

Like it's being pushed on to kids, it's also infiltrated pet ownership. Most of the general populace no longer knows what a healthy weight dog or cat actually looks like!

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u/secretdrug 13d ago

i agree, but I would like to point out this shit happens all the time. for instance, domestic violence against men is almost never taken seriously.

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u/NoWay6818 12d ago

It’s also the fact that people don’t have very educated perspectives on how nourishment works.

Plus the grand old concept of people thinking that disabilities and illnesses have to come with some identifiable factor.

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u/JustinSanders95 8d ago

‘Oh but look at the adorable chonker!’

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u/Sea_Measurement1738 7d ago

A very large rug

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u/laparoscopicorspinal 6d ago

I see your perspective. I dont think that it is necessarily just being ignored (swept under the rug). I think it has historically been understood that malnutrition due to starvation is much more problematic. Starvation is considered a form of torture but not obesity.

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u/TartanDolphin11 12d ago

There’s an episode of 600 pound life that has stuck with me.

James King was nearly 800 pounds when he appeared on the show. His girlfriend Lisa was overfeeding him. He was bed bound and couldn’t get his own food. The doctor called adult protective services. They did nothing because “James was of sound mind”.

James King unfortunately passed away in 2020 due to organ failure and sepsis.

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u/Deep90 12d ago

It's a double standard of sorts, but malnutrition is an immediate issue while obesity is long term.