…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 [...]
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Some S. Florida Gynos Refusing to Take Overweight Patients
Posted by bigliberty on May 17, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/17/some-s-florida-gynos-refusing-to-take-overweight-patients/
No Empathy for the Fat in Healthcare
I saw this Scientific American article in my Google Reader this morning, and it struck me right away that this — THIS — is what’s missing from the average fat person’s healthcare, compared to the average thinner person. Empathy. Missing But Crucial to Successful Healthcare: Empathy Sure, empathy is in short supply in many doctor’s [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 26, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/26/no-empathy-for-the-fat-in-healthcare/
The Fat Balancing Act
This is a post initiated by Raznay’s “Some Studies Show Fat Is Bad… Mmmkay?” on the never-ending oodles of studies trying in every which way to investigate just why “fat people are so disgusting.” It discusses the implications of the mindset which is generated by assumptions made in these studies — that is, how fat [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 18, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/18/the-fat-balancing-act/
First Lady Releases Child Obesity Recommendations
…largely blames mothers for child’s obesity. cue shock and surprise Link to the AP article Some particular gems (note throughout these that the child omgbesity is referred to, without challenge, as “the problem”): Mrs. Obama has said she wants to help solve the problem in a generation so babies born today will come of age [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 11, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/11/first-lady-releases-child-obesity-recommendations/
Do you avoid going to the doctor?
There’s a great post over at Fat and Sassy, linking a study which concludes fat people of a certain age are hospitalized far more than their thinner peers. A quote from the study: Appropriate primary care could have prevented these hospitalizations, Ferraro said. However, those who are overweight or obese may not have sought regular [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 8, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/02/08/do-you-avoid-going-to-the-doctor/
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/
Quick Hit: Americans Are Just as Fat Now as 1999-2000
…you know, just after the BMI categories for overweight and obese were revised downwards several points, in effect making millions of Americans overweight or obese overnight. One-Third of American Adults Are Obese, but Rate Slows Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics showed 34% of American adults age 20 and older were obese in [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 14, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/01/14/quick-hit-americans-are-just-as-fat-now-as-1999-2000/
The Problem with “Peer Review”
I just came across this article mentioned in the comments on this post at Sociological Images. I think it’s really interesting, and is of definite value in the determination of what is real, and what is not real, regarding the science of body size. In Search of an Optimal Peer Review System, by Richard Smith, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 3, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/01/03/the-problem-with-peer-review/
STUDY: About those middle age fat chicks
There has been released recently a widely pressed study — another Nurse’s data dredge — showing that middle age women have increasingly greater chances of not making it to “healthy” old age (health is defined including certain levels of mobility, as well as the not having any diseases) if they are overweight or obese, compared [...]
Posted by bigliberty on October 2, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/02/for-the-children-and-those-middle-age-fat-chicks/
Benefit of Large Thighs – Study
There is a lot of interest swirling around the study that showed a larger thigh circumference may add years to one’s life. To start, I want to remind everyone that the strongest predictor of your lifespan is the various lifespans of your parents, siblings, and grandparents. To continue, I wanted to first link to the [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 6, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/09/06/benefit-of-large-thighs-study/
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