Real women have real bodies: Pooja Bhatt

Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says real women have real bodies and they must celebrate themselves as they are.


Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says real women have real bodies and they must celebrate themselves as they are.

Pooja re-tweeted a post by a nutritionist who wrote to the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Anupriya Patel, commenting on a campaign which was for promoting healthy, nutritious eating, which received a backlash on social media.

The campaign's image showed the outlines of two different women, with different body sizes. While one was visibly larger, curvier contained eggs, meat, bread, burgers, doughnuts, fries and fizzy drinks and beer, the other was lean and contained only fruits and vegetables.

The accompanying message read: "What is your choice?"

The nutritionist asked: "Did the government really make this body shaming ad? Women can eat healthily but have hormonal issues due to which they have excess weight as well. Highly insensitive campaign!"

Pooja reacted saying: "I second that. Thin is not necessarily healthy or fit and someone who has a larger frame or is supposedly overweight by the standards of the world is not necessarily unhealthy. Real women have real bodies and must celebrate their bodies in whatever shape or size!"

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As someone that lives abroad and am slammed by size 0 figurines as well as Plus Size models. Both are extremes! Keep an active lifestyle and be fit with no health issues! Being skinny doesn't mean one is healthy the same for being overweight. No one should in such extremes. For models and actors it's their job to stay slim for a role. For the rest of us its staying healthy and fit! As the body ages illness creeps up!

5 years ago

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