▲ 385 ▼ The fashion industry is still pushing crazy thin body images (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments Apologies for the low resolution. It was a mobile ad and all I could get was a screenshot.
[–] MrBobDobalina@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which would only make sense if every human body processed every molecule ingested in the exact same way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not really. Metabolism changes don't account for that large of a swing in your BMR unless you have a thyroid issue (which is treatable). I've been in the same situation as the dude trying to justify that body type, and he's just not eating enough to be a healthy weight. You can't be 6'6" and eat the same amount of food as everyone else. You have to eat quite a bit more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LwL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Except you might not be able to eat that much more if your body tells you you're full. There are a lot of factors to body weight, with studies suggesting a large genetic factor (40-70%. While theoretically you can (almost) always eat more/less and it'll affect your weight accordingly, the difficulty of actually doing that will vary heavily by individual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's something you have to train your body for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not really. Metabolism changes don't account for that large of a swing in your BMR unless you have a thyroid issue (which is treatable). I've been in the same situation as the dude trying to justify that body type, and he's just not eating enough to be a healthy weight. You can't be 6'6" and eat the same amount of food as everyone else. You have to eat quite a bit more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LwL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Except you might not be able to eat that much more if your body tells you you're full. There are a lot of factors to body weight, with studies suggesting a large genetic factor (40-70%. While theoretically you can (almost) always eat more/less and it'll affect your weight accordingly, the difficulty of actually doing that will vary heavily by individual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's something you have to train your body for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LwL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Except you might not be able to eat that much more if your body tells you you're full. There are a lot of factors to body weight, with studies suggesting a large genetic factor (40-70%. While theoretically you can (almost) always eat more/less and it'll affect your weight accordingly, the difficulty of actually doing that will vary heavily by individual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's something you have to train your body for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's something you have to train your body for. permalink fedilink source parent
