You're not wrong, but nobody that's advertising on Pinterest is helping fix the problem.

Some people can handle their own weight loss, by intentionally altering their relationship to food.

Some people need actual medical help, either counseling, surgery, or something else that has been proven effective to the standards of the FDA.

Nobody needs a bottle of FatBlaster 9000, which has an equal chance of being sawdust or caffeine. And nobody needs to be assaulted by "before and after" shots of two different models who have both been photoshopped to hell and back, presenting an unrealistic idea of what is possible and/or healthy.

The problem is not "Weight loss might be a good idea" but that the industry is swarming with scams, unregulated companies, and stuff that is actively harmful to health.

This ban is a critic of how to address excess weight commercially.

> Ads promoting healthy lifestyles, habits or fitness services and products are still allowed on the platform if they do not "focus on weight loss."

“Get thin fast” products do more harm than good, so they’re banning the messaging typically used by that family of goods.

I think the problem is the number of shady people in the space. Pinterest can either filter them or just ban the category.

It is also the number one factor in Covid mortality, once you discount old age which is non-discretionary.