The tension between body positivity and the wellness lifestyle is not an impasse but an invitation. It reveals the inadequacy of both movements in their mainstream, co-opted forms. Wellness, without BoPo, becomes a new cage of optimization and stigma. BoPo, without wellness, risks abandoning the legitimate human desire for physical flourishing.

Ask your doctor (or yourself) these questions instead of "How much do you weigh?":

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