Say no to body shaming, but make no mistake the body positive movement is harmful and unscientific! After gaining a lot of weight in the early 2003 to 2006 due to my own lack of focus, for the last 15 years I have been totally focused on better health and its even a part of my leadership workshops. Now I am in my 7th year of regular exercising, martial arts and good diet and have decided to get into my 50s (in another 11 months) in a better shape than ever before! Of course, we can all meet with accidents or for example get cancer without any reason, but the idea is to try and live happy and fit till the last day! The truth is when you don’t smoke or drink you do reduce your chances of cancer hugely! I have deducted salaries of overweight seniors in my organisation - who opted for the weight linked salary structure!! At this point as well one of my colleagues has to send me a daily live location on WhatsApp while he does his 90 min walk and I can actually see him walking on the tracker
Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri
(An IIPM Think Tank Blog)