Is HAES real? Health means both physical and mental. If you're mental health is good, you will love your body.  If you really love your body, you'll care about what  you put into it. If your physical health and is good, you'll exercise regularly and not have any preventable heath risks. If you are healthy, you are healthy. You love yourself, take care of yourself and nurture yourself.  Large amounts of excess weight are not physically healthy.  Not caring about what the food you intake cab do to your body is not mentally healthy.  Get up off your ass and do something. Fix it.  HAES is bullshit and you know it.