Wellness understands that vegetables have nutrients. Body positivity understands that calling cake "sinful" and kale "virtuous" is a recipe for an eating disorder. You can eat for health and for pleasure. The two coexist.
For years, the wellness industry sold us a simple equation: Thin = Healthy. If you weren't trying to shrink your body, you weren't trying hard enough to live well. teen nudist picture
Body positivity says move because it feels good to be alive. Wellness says move for cardiovascular health, bone density, and mental clarity. Neither says: "Run because you ate a cookie." Wellness understands that vegetables have nutrients