Jillian Michaels on Body Positivity as a Health Narrative: warns against

Jillian Michaels told Women’s Health “I don’t celebrate obesity because it kills people,” calling the body-positivity-as-health narrative “exceptionally dangerous because it’s disempowering… ‘Listen, you’re obese. This is a disease, but don’t worry, we’re gonna save your day with a shot,’” per the report. On Glenn Beck’s show she called the movement a “psyop,” per the episode listing. She draws a distinction: the framing that obesity is simultaneously a disease and nothing to act on is what she objects to, not individuals’ dignity.

Her stated reasoning is health-based: she presents obesity as a genuine health risk and argues the narrative discourages the personal responsibility she considers essential to change. The position has drawn sustained criticism — her 2020 Lizzo body comments brought backlash from Whoopi Goldberg, Jameela Jamil, and Lizzo herself (see the dossier’s criticism section).

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