“I’m so grateful for the chance to discuss an issue I believe is often ignored and that is this one dimensional understanding of health,” she wrote. “How it’s used to shame others. How there is a distinct lack of diversity or support in ‘wellness spaces’ and how poorly fat people are treated in the name of health.”
A number of critical readers claimed the magazine was celebrating obesity by calling a range of body types healthy – many specifically referring to the relationship between obesity and COVID-19, reported The Independent. “There’s nothing to celebrate about being obese in the middle of a pandemic, where you have a 70 per cent bigger chance of being ill with coronavirus if you are obese,” Piers Morgan said to a crowd Jan. 12 on “Good Morning Britain,” reported The Daily Mail.