{"id":1784652,"date":"2022-12-23T06:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784652"},"modified":"2022-12-23T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:34:00","slug":"body-positivity-activist-dies-at-37-of-complications-from-body-positivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/body-positivity-activist-dies-at-37-of-complications-from-body-positivity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Body Positivity Activist&#8221; Dies at 37 of Complications From Body Positivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbody-positivity-activist-dies-at-37-of-complications-from-body-positivity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lopez.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Jamie Lopez, the founder of a Las Vegas salon for plus-size women and a model for the \u201cbody positivity\u201d movement, died last weekend at age 37.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/19\/super-sized-salon-star-jamie-lopez-dead-dies-heart-complications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according <\/a>to TMZ on Monday, was hospitalized for heart complications. Her salon, Babydoll Beauty Couture, which became the center of a reality television show on WE tv, published a statement on Instagram announcing her death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask, on behalf of the Babydoll family, that you allow us time to process this tremendous loss,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmXTaGNB8w6\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a>. \u201cPlease keep our Babydoll family &#038; team lifted in your hearts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her show, \u201cSuper Sized Salon,\u201d which launched this summer, only lasted a single season before the main star\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>At her heaviest, Lopez weighed 846 pounds and designed her company while confined to bed. She lost 400 pounds to turn her dream into reality. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"HVOWezB5chRXGq3u4sg7dxQMCiwpUED0J\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But for Lopez, a social media influencer who capitalized on the pro-fat movement disguised as \u201cbody positivity,\u201d her lifestyle changes tragically came too late. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/vsrr\/vsrr023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the average life expectancy for U.S. women born in 1985 is around 80 years old. At 37, Lopez had a lot of life to live before it was cut in half.<\/p>\n<p>Not much is public about Lopez\u2019s death beyond \u201cheart complications,\u201d but the connection between obesity and heart problems is <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/articles\/17308-obesity--heart-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well established<\/a>, contrary to the activist mantra of \u201chealthy at every size.\u201d Nor is heart disease the only danger that obesity threatens its victims with. Individuals with obesity, which includes more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/adult.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40 percent<\/a> of U.S. adults, are at higher risk of cancers, diabetes, strokes, breathing problems, high cholesterol, and mental illness, to name a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyweight\/effects\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">few<\/a> of the comorbidities that often plague the obese. <\/p>\n<p>Though few details are known, it\u2019s far from inconceivable that more than anything else, Lopez died of complications from obesity, marking another tragedy for \u201cbody positivity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/09\/studies-show-americans-were-in-even-worse-health-than-we-thought-going-into-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">77 percent<\/a> of the adult U.S. population is considered, at minimum, overweight. In other words, Americans at a metabolically healthy weight are in the minority. As American weight gain accelerates, so too will the popularity of the movement to normalize, and even glorify, sedentary lifestyles run on processed foods. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/12\/ulta-beauty-is-encouraging-women-to-be-fat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ulta Beauty Is Encouraging Women To Be Fat<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This new normal, however, carries with it the deadly reality that millions of lives are guaranteed to be cut tragically short.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Lopez, the founder of a Las Vegas salon for plus-size women and a model for the \u201cbody positivity\u201d movement, died last weekend at age 37. Lopez, according to TMZ on Monday, was hospitalized for heart complications. 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