{"id":15228,"date":"2025-09-30T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15228"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:05:53","slug":"what-is-healthism-the-hidden-politics-of-healthy-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15228","title":{"rendered":"What Is Healthism? The Hidden Politics of \u201cHealthy Living\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"505\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-317087 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"326\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-317087 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2351609189-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"505\">It\u2019s safe to say that most people want to be <a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/06\/healthspan-vs-lifespan\/\">healthy<\/a>. No one enjoys being sick, but it\u2019s more than that\u2014illness, whether acute or chronic, impacts quality of life.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"339\">Defining Health Beyond the Absence of Illness<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"751\">Health, of course, is more than just the lack of illness. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as \u201ca state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"860\">This definition, established in 1946, remains relevant today. But our relationship to health has shifted.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"860\">How Our Pursuit of Health Has Changed<\/h2>\n<p>What was once focused primarily on preventing illness and infectious disease has evolved into a broader desire to live longer and better than previous generations.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this change stems from advances in science and our growing understanding of the human body and what it needs to thrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1248\">Take physical fitness as an example. <\/strong>Before the 1950s, the average American didn\u2019t exercise regularly, if at all. By the late 1970s, however, exercise as a habit for health had gone mainstream.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1657\">Now, fitness is a massive global industry\u2014valued at around $87 billion\u2014with endless ways to participate. You can work out at home, join a gym, take classes in a studio or online, go high-intensity or low-impact, lift weights or stick to cardio.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1723\">Fitness is no longer just a hobby or habit\u2014it\u2019s a cultural expectation.<\/p>\n<h2>When Health Becomes Political<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past decade, health has become increasingly politicized. More and more, it\u2019s framed as an <em data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"1888\">individual responsibility <\/em>rather than a <em data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1923\">collective project<\/em> supported by families, communities, governments, and health systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2163\">Some argue that good health is not a right but a personal duty\u2014and that poor health reflects moral failure, the result of bad habits rather than structural barriers <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are out of their control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2212\">This ideology is known as <strong data-start=\"2196\" data-end=\"2210\">healthism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2243\">Healthism in Action<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2244\" data-end=\"2316\">Even if you don\u2019t know the term, you\u2019ve likely seen healthism at work.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"3053\">\n<li data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2571\">\n<p data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2571\"><strong data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2352\">During the Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>, some people rejected masks and vaccines\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/08\/the-politicization-of-public-health-an-interview-with-dr-tyler-evans\/\">public health<\/a> measures that benefit individuals <em data-start=\"2442\" data-end=\"2447\">and<\/em> communities\u2014in favor of unproven alternatives like vitamin C, zinc, or Ivermectin, which were framed as individual fixes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2572\" data-end=\"2757\">\n<p data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2757\"><strong data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2604\">Influencers fuel healthism<\/strong> by selling <a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/05\/perimenopause-profit-and-pills-the-truth-about-menopause-supplements\/\">supplements<\/a>, liver cleanses, or <a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/04\/healthy-eating-advice-and-disordered-eating\/\">fearmongering<\/a> about seed oils\u2014insisting that if you follow their protocols, you\u2019ll achieve \u201coptimal health.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2758\" data-end=\"3053\">\n<p data-start=\"2760\" data-end=\"3053\"><strong data-start=\"2760\" data-end=\"2775\">In politics<\/strong>, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines in April 2025 when, during Senate confirmation hearings, he refused to say that healthcare is a human right. Instead, he suggested that people who smoke, drink soda, or eat doughnuts shouldn\u2019t expect others to pay for their medical care.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3055\" data-end=\"3331\">As Michael Cannon, D<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irector of Health Policy Studies at <\/span>the Cato Institute later told <em data-start=\"3106\" data-end=\"3127\">The Washington Post<\/em>: \u201cPeople should bear the cost of their own unhealthy decisions, not just because it\u2019s wrong to force other people to bear those costs, but because then they\u2019re less likely to make unhealthy decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3333\" data-end=\"3366\">That\u2019s healthism in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3373\" data-end=\"3413\">Healthism and Systems of Oppression<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3414\" data-end=\"3650\">Healthism doesn\u2019t operate in isolation. It intersects with\u2014and reinforces\u2014other systems of oppression such as racism, <a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/03\/why-we-need-feminism-in-fitness\/\">sexism<\/a>, classism, and ableism. These systems preserve <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the status quo at all costs, encouraging hierarchies and biases that create <\/span>unequal access to power and privilege.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3652\" data-end=\"3906\">The National Equity Project explains: \u201cSystemic oppression exists at the level of institutions (harmful policies and practices) and across structures (education, health, transportation, economy, etc.) that are interconnected and reinforcing over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3908\" data-end=\"4058\">Healthism, then, becomes a form of <strong data-start=\"3943\" data-end=\"3959\">body fascism<\/strong>\u2014a system that dictates acceptable lifestyle choices, rewards compliance, and punishes deviation. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It fits neatly into the framework of other systems designed to differentiate and designate power to a select few.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"4065\" data-end=\"4106\">Where the Term \u201cHealthism\u201d Came From<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4107\" data-end=\"4282\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201chealthism\u201d <\/span> was coined in 1980 by sociologist Robert Crawford, who observed a growing cultural fixation on health\u2014especially through personal lifestyle choices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4284\" data-end=\"4587\">Crawford recognized health as inherently political. He understood that health outcomes reflect socio-economic divisions, now referred to as the <strong data-start=\"4428\" data-end=\"4461\">social determinants of health<\/strong>\u2014\u201dthe conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, as well as their access to power, money, and resources\u201d (as defined by WHO).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4589\" data-end=\"4720\">These determinants include genetics, income, education, environment, and type of work\u2014all of which play critical roles in determining your health status.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4722\" data-end=\"4995\">Recognizing structural issues like classism, racism, or sexism would shift blame from individuals to the institutions and laws that perpetuate inequality.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthism dismisses the social determinants of health and ignore<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the inequities in accessing good health <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in favor of the idea that personal choices alone dictate health outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the systemic issues of classism, racism, sexism were included in the causes of poor health, the blame would shift from solely the individual and instead to the institutions and laws that perpetuate inequality.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"5002\" data-end=\"5045\">Health, Capitalism, and Social Control<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"5046\" data-end=\"5181\">Healthism also acts as social control\u2014demanding people conform to specific lifestyles or body ideals to be deemed \u201cworthy\u201d of health.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5183\" data-end=\"5439\">For example, when RFK Jr. claimed \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our changing food supply\u201d <\/span>is \u201cpoisoning\u201d Americans and used that reasoning to argue against universal healthcare, he was reinforcing healthism: tying moral value to individual health choices while dismissing systemic inequities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5441\" data-end=\"5573\">But in a for-profit healthcare system, not everyone can access care. Not everyone can afford it. Health, therefore, becomes a privilege\u2014not a universal right.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5575\" data-end=\"5863\">Capitalism further complicates this picture. To be considered \u201chealthy,\u201d we\u2019re told <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to eat \u201chealthy foods,\u201d exercise regularly, get good sleep, have time to spend with our friends and family\u2014y<\/span>et capitalism requires us to work long hours, where many are underpaid and barely making enough to scrape by despite working full-time hours. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paid vacation time is limited, often to 2 weeks or less \u2013but for many, paid leave isn\u2019t guaranteed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5575\" data-end=\"5863\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthism promotes the idea that \u201cwe all have the same 24 hours in a day\u201d and it\u2019s simply a matter of choosing to allocate that time \u201ccorrectly.\u201d But how is a parent who works two jobs to make ends meet and support their family supposed to set aside the time to hit the gym everyday? What if your town has only one grocery store and they rarely stock any decent produce? These are realities faced by many in the United States. We do not all have equal access to healthy options or the resources to engage in healthy activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5865\" data-end=\"5964\">In reality, <strong data-start=\"5877\" data-end=\"5962\">good health is only available to some, even while all are expected to achieve it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"5971\" data-end=\"6003\">Why Healthism Feels Fascist<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"6004\" data-end=\"6142\">The American \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pull yourself up by the bootstraps<\/span>\u201d ideology fuels the idea that good health is purely a reflection of individual choice. But in reality, personal habits don\u2019t exist in a vacuum because the contributors to health status are multi-faceted and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complex and sometimes involve factors that are outside of our own personal control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6004\" data-end=\"6142\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What RFK Jr and so many of his faithful MAHA followers promote is the idea that everyone should be able to overcome all the social determinants of health through good choices and hard work. But that position is a privileged one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6004\" data-end=\"6142\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one is arguing that people shouldn\u2019t be eating healthy foods, exercising, getting quality sleep, and fostering good relationships. We all agree that those behaviors have enormous benefits. <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">But to say that those things are equally accessible to everyone and, on their own, are enough to overcome all of the socio-economic barriers to health that people are born into and live with is grossly out of touch with reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6144\" data-end=\"6419\">Healthism becomes fascist when benefits, rights, access, and inclusion are reserved for those who fit a narrow ideal\u2014echoing eugenics-like thinking. Only those who make the \u201cright\u201d choices, look a certain way, or meet rigid standards are granted safety, access <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to government services<\/span>, and freedom.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"6426\" data-end=\"6466\">A Better Path: Democratizing Health<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"6467\" data-end=\"6579\">If we want real health equity, we must look beyond personal choices and address systemic barriers. That means:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"6581\" data-end=\"6885\">\n<li data-start=\"6581\" data-end=\"6656\">\n<p data-start=\"6583\" data-end=\"6656\"><strong data-start=\"6583\" data-end=\"6607\">Universal healthcare<\/strong>: Accessible, affordable, and available to all.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6657\" data-end=\"6763\">\n<p data-start=\"6659\" data-end=\"6763\"><strong data-start=\"6659\" data-end=\"6684\">Environmental justice<\/strong>: Clean air, water, and soil, especially in low-income and urban communities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6764\" data-end=\"6885\">\n<p data-start=\"6766\" data-end=\"6885\"><strong data-start=\"6766\" data-end=\"6786\">Economic support<\/strong>: Universal Basic Income (UBI) to reduce financial stress and expand access to healthier choices.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These actions and policies would be a start toward democratizing health and leveling the playing field.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6887\" data-end=\"7321\">As author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aubreygordon.net\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aubrey Gordon<\/a> wrote in <em data-start=\"6920\" data-end=\"6926\">Self<\/em> magazine in 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"6887\" data-end=\"7321\"><em>\u201cTo be clear, healthism isn\u2019t the root cause of transphobia, ableism, racism, anti-fatness, or misogyny\u2014but it can be a tool to enforce all of them. That\u2019s in part because healthism assumes a playing field that simply isn\u2019t there. And when it stubbornly attributes societal and community outcomes to \u2018individual choices,\u2019 it reinforces the biases facing marginalized communities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-start=\"7328\" data-end=\"7347\">Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"7348\" data-end=\"7597\">If we want healthier communities, we must confront the social determinants of health and dismantle systems of oppression that deny access to care and healthy options. Health cannot be reduced to individual choices while ignoring the inequities baked into our society.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7599\" data-end=\"7689\">Otherwise, we\u2019re effectively saying some people are worthy of health\u2014and others are not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s to redefining health as a right, not a privilege.<\/strong> <em>\u2013Naomi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fitbottomedgirls.com\/2025\/09\/what-is-healthism-the-hidden-politics-of-healthy-living\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s safe to say that most people want to be healthy. No one enjoys being sick, but it\u2019s more than that\u2014illness, whether acute or chronic, impacts quality of life. 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