This Trendy “Strong is the New Skinny” Thing (and what it could mean for the next generation of girls) This girl is 17 and a CrossFitter.
She’s obviously a genius and a badass. *UPDATE: Here’s a PG-Version of this blog post, for those of you who wish to Spread the Strength among those of innocent ears* First of all, hi everyone. It feels like I haven’t blogged about anything sociologically substantial in a while, and I might be a bit rusty so please pardon the potentially poor prose. Anyhoozle. Now that I’ve graduated from McGill and no longer have to whittle away the hours of cushy student life by blogging nonsensically about sociological things, what have I been doing with myself? WELL. My strange, wonderful, and illuminating journey working in the fitness industry. My job more or less involves establishing a new product’s brand personality within the health and fitness industry/society. This is how it came about: First I got a job in sales at LA Fitness.
Failing miserably at a crappy corporate job selling gym memberships actually turned out to be the best thing that’s ever happened to me. 3 Steps to Make Your Allergies Go Away … FOREVER! For Fat Patients and Their Doctors. If you are here for the evidence list, it’s at the end of the post!
Two patients have high blood pressure. One is thin, one is fat. The thin person goes to the doctor and receives recommendations for interventions that, evidence shows, are likely to lower blood pressure. When that person goes back for a check-up, the doctor will test their blood pressure to determine if the interventions are working. The fat person goes to the doctor, and there is a greater than 50% chance that the doctor will view them as awkward, unattractive, ugly, and noncompliant, and a nearly 30% chance that the nurse will be “repulsed” by them. The doctor recommends weight loss to “cure’ the high blood pressure, but does not tell the person that 95% of the time people gain all of their weight back within 5 years, or that some methods of weight loss are likely to make the high blood pressure worse.
There are a few issues to explore here with respect to the doctor’s behavior with the fat patient: (link goes to study) Sshot4dc981fac5a5a.jpg (JPEG Image, 801x5527 pixels) - Scaled (11%) The HAES files: dear friend, so your doctor says to go on a diet… HAES expert Linda Bacon, PhD teaches an introductory nutrition course at City College of San Francisco.
She recently assigned an essay to students, asking them to write a letter to a friend whose doctor recently informed her that she is obese and encouraged her to diet. Student Molly Breen generously agreed to share her “A” essay. Dear Pat, It sounds like you had a pretty upsetting visit to the doctor, and the first thing I want to do is give that guy a kick in the pants! I don’t think he’s giving you good medical advice, and I definitely don’t think he should have made you feel bad about your weight or your body. But I know you didn’t write for a pep talk. I know, the doctor said you were obese and pointed to the scary number on the BMI chart and told you about all the diseases you’re at risk for, but I’m not buying it. It’s true that, in general, fat people are at higher risk for these diseases. Six months pass. So you can see why I think your doctor gave you crummy advice. Molly.
Working Out.