Today I saw one of the most inflammatory articles about the ‘obesity epidemic’ that I’ve seen in a while. It is an article that talks about how the ‘overweight and obese’ are more numerous than the hungry, planet-wide. What’s truly alarming is that the International Federation for the Red Cross, a well-known humanitarian group, is [...]
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Harvest the Fatties as Horse Meat, and Other Gems of the Moral Panic
Posted by bigliberty on September 23, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/23/harvest-the-fatties-as-horse-meat-and-other-gems-of-the-moral-panic/
Some S. Florida Gynos Refusing to Take Overweight Patients
…because they’re afraid of getting sued. No, really. Apparently the medical malpractice laws in Florida are so stringent that they are in effect making blanket pronouncements (and proscriptions against) ‘overweight’ women because they are deemed to be generally too ‘high-risk.’ There’s some blather and blah about not having the equipment to handle fat ladies, but [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 17, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/17/some-s-florida-gynos-refusing-to-take-overweight-patients/
Weight- and Looks-Bullied Minnesota Girls Fulfill Suicide Pact
This is so sad. Thanks to my husband for emailing the link as soon as he saw it — we’re the parents of teenage girls and are extraordinarily alarmed by the prevalence and virulence of appearance- and weight-based bullying. These poor girls were only 14. They hadn’t even begun their mature lives, and they already [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 21, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/21/weight-and-looks-bullied-minnesota-girls-fulfill-suicide-pact/
Universally Loathed
So many intelligent people can’t comprehend the genetics of size, which I find both astoundingly disappointing and rather nauseating. If I hear one more time — just one more time — that the size of my body implies I’ve got some bevy of psychological issues, whoever makes that claim will be told in no uncertain [...]
Posted by bigliberty on December 7, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/12/07/universally-loathed/
On the 1% increase of obese and overweight in the US
If you haven’t yet seen the article from Reuters: More than 70 million US adults obese, US agency says And here’s a link to the actual CDC report Hey look, the obesity level in the US is remaining steady! Oh wait, the article didn’t say that? The carefully timed flood of press releases on a [...]
Posted by bigliberty on August 4, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/08/04/on-the-1-increase-of-obese-and-overweight-in-the-us/
BMI of Every US Citizen to be Tracked
Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS New federal regulations issued this week stipulate that the electronic health records–that all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year–must record not only the traditional measures [...]
Posted by bigliberty on July 15, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/07/15/bmi-of-every-us-citizen-to-be-tracked/
The Obesity Epidemic is a Moral Panic, FTW!
A quick hit today, for anyone who’s still wondering whether the so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ is really a phenomenon rooted in concern over public health, or has reached the fever-pitch of a moral panic: (h/t Corpulent) Negative attitudes towards obese people are based on an emotional response of disgust, a new study suggests. Previous research had [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 19, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/19/the-obesity-epidemic-is-a-moral-panic-ftw/
The Mia Freedman Debacle, or, Why Moral Panics Need Strawmen
Bri King of Fat Lot of Good, fellow Fat Acceptance blogger and general advocate, recently came under fire as she found herself daring to push back against a so-called body image activist allowing virulently anti-fat comments on a recent post about feederism. Bri has since been asked to comment for articles in several Australian news [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 13, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/13/the-mia-freedman-debacle-or-why-moral-panics-need-strawmen/
Eugenics Rears Its Ugly Head, Again
When you deliver your body to the State, expect the State to start: Making you do things Preventing you from doing things In other words, if you hand your body over to someone else, that someone else will claim the right to control it. Today I was rudely reminded that eugenics, one of the nasty [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 22, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/01/22/eugenics-rears-its-ugly-head-again/
Send Away the Fat Kids
Shudder-worthy article today: Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight — a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children. Needless to say, sanity watchers points required [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 18, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/01/18/send-away-the-fat-kids/
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