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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Japan, Low-Fat Paradise, Has No Calorie Limits on School Lunches
A recent article from the Washington Post is about Japan’s school lunch program. It sounds like a great program, actually. But because anything about our current moral panic seems to draw eyeballs, of course BMI must be discussed: Japan’s system … Continue reading
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Abigail Saguy on Health Care Provider Bias
There’s a great article in The Washington Post about bias against fat people in the medical community. It’s good to see someone pointing out the inferior medical care fat people receive after hearing all the people, in the wake of … Continue reading
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Grasping at straws: Rushing to dismiss the latest ‘Overweight people live longer’ study
I think I first heard from Brian/BStu/Red No. 3 the observation that if a study seems to show benefits to being thin, it’s accepted at face value, but if a study seems to show benefits to being fat, it’s always … Continue reading
Is Fat Acceptance Skepticism or Denialism? Contrasting FA, FL, and HAES with Climate Change Denialism
As I said in my last post, people in the Fat Acceptance/Fat Liberation and Health At Every Size movements are compared to creationists, anti-vaccine activists, and, most frequently, climate change deniers. This actually does get under my skin a bit, … Continue reading
Is Fat Acceptance Denialism?
If you’ve read any criticism of Fat Acceptance or Fat Liberation or Health At Every Size, you’ve probably heard the term “denialism” come up. People in these movements are compared to creationists, anti-vaccine activists, or, most frequently, climate change deniers. … Continue reading
Meta: Why I write about health & science
Besides the fact that I’m a fat science geek, that is. This post was prompted by Fat Heffalump’s recent post, No More Hoops, but I made a separate blog post since it was mostly about my blog, and I thought … Continue reading
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Correlation is not causation: “obesity epidemic” and animal product consumption
Americans have been drinking less milk since the mid-1970s, especially whole milk. AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT THE OBESITY RATE INCREASED. Around the same time, chicken consumption went way up and red meat consumption went down. Chicken consumption has … Continue reading
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