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When health concern masks body policing

My husband says he is worried about my health but only mentions it when I eat dessert in front of his friends and I think this is about shame not love.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weaponization of health rhetoric can disguise control and judgment as care.

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

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