Healthism: When the Pursuit of Health Becomes Harmful
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For many people, healthism fuels shame, anxiety, and burnout —especially when they can't live up to these impossible standards. Worse, it overlooks the importance of mental health, treating it as secondary to physical health or ignoring it altogether ...undefined