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When thin privilege masks genuine health struggles

I have been thin my whole life and people assume I am healthy but I live on energy drinks and barely sleep and feel like I am dying inside.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social assumptions about body size can render real suffering invisible, even to ourselves.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Weight body size and health — beyond BMI?”

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