A Curious Fancy, On the necessity for real world fat communities. Big Beach Bums, Brighton, 2011.
10 Potential Strategies For Addressing Size, Weight and Shape Discrimination by Jill Andrew - Fat in the City - Curvy Plus Size Fashion Blog. Fat in the City’s JILL ANDREW responds to Tuesday’s online Globe & Mail article on Size Discrimination In the Toronto based daily newspaper, Craig and Mark Keilburger tackle Size Discrimination and ask for strategies for change Howdy everyone!
I’d like to propose 10 potential strategies (not necessarily in the order presented) for addressing size, weight and shape discrimination. The number 10 just happens to be a lucky number of mine but by no means is this list exhaustive.
Fitness vs. Fatness on All-cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis. The purpose of this study was to quantify the joint association of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and weight status on mortality from all causes using meta-analytical methodology.
Studies were included if they were (1) prospective, (2) objectively measured CRF and body mass index (BMI), and (3) jointly assessed CRF and BMI with all-cause mortality. Ten articles were included in the final analysis. Fat But Fit? Study Reveals That Fitness, Not Weight, Predicts Risk Of Early Death. When it comes to living a long and healthy life, a meta-analysis of mortality studies finds that being physically active, no matter what your weight, trumps being thin and unfit.
Researchers at Middle Tennessee State University, led by exercise scientist Vaughn Barry, Ph.D., examined 10 past studies that recorded information about participants' body mass indexes and fitness levels. The studies looked at the weight and fitness levels of thousands of participants (the largest one included 21,856 people) and continued to follow up with the participants over several years, ranging from an average of 7.7 years to an average of 16 years. Barry's team crunched the numbers on those past studies by dividing participants into three weight categories based on BMI: normal weight, overweight and obese.
Multilevel-Approach-to-Coping-with-Stigmas-Identified. (HealthNewsDigest.com) - UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Socially stigmatized groups have poorer health than non-stigmatized groups, but a team of researchers believes that more emphasis on two-way and multidisciplinary interventions will have a greater and more successful impact on relieving many health issues.
"We took an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how to reduce health disparities due to the effects of social stigma, including stigmas based on race, sexual orientation and chronic illness," said Jonathan Cook, assistant professor of psychology, Penn State. Stigma results when a negative stereotype becomes attached to a particular characteristic in societal consciousness. People with this specific characteristic come to be seen as lower in status than others and therefore separate. Once separate, these groups become a target for discrimination. Stronger interdisciplinary collaboration can help fight against stigma by looking at the issue from multiple angles. 'I'm the Biggest Man on Campus' Photo: Julius Don Bailey in the classroom.
Hating On Fat People Just Makes Them Fatter : Shots - Health News. Hide captionThe roots of obesity are complex and include genetics and other factors beyond individual choice, research shows. iStockphoto.com Don't try to pretend your gibes and judgments of the overweight people in your life are for their own good.
Florida researchers have evidence that discriminating against fat people only makes them fatter. "People often rationalize that it's OK to discriminate based on weight because it will motivate the victim to lose pounds," Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at the Florida State College of Medicine in Tallahassee, tells Shots. Peter Attia: What if blaming the obese is blaming the victims? Taking the Fat Out of NAAFA?
Taking the Fat Out of NAAFA?
By danceswithfat May 21 2013 The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) was founded in 1969, and bills itself as “North America’s oldest civil rights organization working to end size discrimination.” It seems that they are considering a name change. Colleges fit 'fat studies' into curriculum. Published: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 11:00 p.m.
Deborah Christel wants the next generation of college students to think outside the box labeled “plus size.” The West Virginia University professor will debut a course called “Fat Studies” this summer. The Morgantown campus is in a state where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified nearly a third of residents as obese and about two-thirds as overweight. The Venus of Willendorf Project Goes National. Its time to take this message national right beside the ads that sell the diets.
Here is how you can help! I have already placed ads in several magazines that will appear the first two weeks on May in honor of "No Diet Day"May 6th. Now I need you to turn this grass roots effort into a movement. What's Wrong with Fat? by Dr. Abigail Saguy (UCI, April 17, 2013) Researcher advocates Health at Every Size program. LAWRENCE — A proposal that health can be attained at any body size by taking a more holistic approach to wellness is gaining popularity, and a University of Kansas professor is studying its professional use to see how effective it is. Sonya Satinsky, assistant professor of health, sport and exercise sciences, is studying the Health at Every Size paradigm by surveying professionals who use the approach in various fields of health. The paradigm is a model that shifts focus from weight loss as the way to improve health to improved nutrition and physical activity regardless of weight change.
She is asking how people such as mental health providers, dietitians, health promotion specialists, nutritionists and even college professors use the principles in their work. No evidence weight loss improves health, says nutrition expert (Includes interview) For decades, we have been told and we still see daily on all media sources the connection between diet, weight loss, and health. Generally, weight gain is considered the direct result of diet and weight loss is associated with and suggested for better health.
However, a recent article by nutrition professor and researcher Linda Bacon, published in Discover Magazine (December 2012), rejected this usually accepted view. Weight loss does not improve health and can even be dangerous, says Linda Bacon, author of the book Health at Every Size. Let’s learn from her some more about weight, diet, and health. Our Imaginary Weight Problem. Fitness for Office. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey recently had a cross-continental shouting match with Connie Mariano, a former White House physician who said that the governor’s weight is “almost like a time bomb waiting to happen,” adding, “I worry about this man dying in office.”
Dr. Melissa McCarthy in Identity Thief, reviewed. Photo by Guy D'Alema/Universal Pictures Watching Identity Thief, the new Seth Gordon road comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, I found myself thinking a lot about the female comic grotesque. It’s easy, and safe, to space in and out of such abstractions during the viewing of Identity Thief—the story proceeds along well-worn tracks and can be rejoined without confusion at any time, while the chances of missing out on a big laugh are, alas, minimal.
On the current American movie landscape, female comedians working in the grotesque vein—most notably McCarthy, along with the suddenly everywhere Rebel Wilson—occupy an uneasy position between feminist trailblazers and preservers of the status quo. On the one hand, the fact that their extra-large bodies lie outside the narrowly prescribed realm of leading-lady desirability—that they belong to no category ending with the letters -ILF—gives them the freedom to explore over-the-top, “unfeminine” behavior with glorious impunity. Privilege for Absolute Beginners. Authors note: I am writing this blog and trying to be considerate of as many people’s experiences as I can, but all the same, I do have privilege and there is some mention of problems I never have to deal with, such as being trans* or a person of color.
If anything I said is offensive or out of line in ANY way, please call me out on it so I can fix it! Sorry about the blog title–a warning, there will be NO David Bowie in this post. Sorry! I want to talk about privilege. Big Fat World. Solid and Substantial, with Big Benefits. By elizabeth patch, on February 2nd, 2013 I am a solid investment with substantial returns.I’m the luxury model with bonus features.Extra options and big benefits come standard with me. Perhaps you know a solid woman. Myths of Weight Loss Are Plentiful, Researcher Says. Jennifer Whitney for The Texas TribuneA gym class meets at Wanke Elementary School in San Antonio. If schools reinstated physical education classes, a lot of fat children would lose weight. Health and health-related quality of life among treatment-seeking overweight and obese adults: associations with internalized weight bias.
What is Intuitive Eating? Intuitive eating is an approach that teaches you how to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body--where you ultimately become the expert of your own body. You learn how to distinguish between physical and emotional feelings, and gain a sense of body wisdom. Fatism — Who Do You Judge and Who Do You LOVE? Are We Obsessed with Obesity? 'Fat Genes' Determine Obesity, UCLA Study Says, In Addition To Diet And Exercise. 1. DASH Diet<a href=" was developed to fight high blood pressure, not as an all-purpose diet. General Motors: Weight Loss Diet Program. I did the following weight loss diet program and it worked wonders. Facebook.
Eating Disorders Information Gateway. Untitled. The “worst” of the worst weight-loss products and programs Most Outrageous – Worst Claim – Worst Product – Worst Gimmick! For a discussion and explanation of the above products over the years, click here. The Slim Chance Awards are selected from products nominated by health professionals and consumers and reflect the opinion of the panel making the judgments. In Response To My Post On Plus-Size Models: What Is A 'Real' Woman Anyway? Best Of Body Love 2012. Pop Culture & Fat. 17405904.2011.632139 (application/pdf Object) Weight Stigmatization and Ideological Beliefs: Relation to Psychological Functioning in Obese Adults - Friedman - 2012 - Obesity Research.
Sociology of Fatness-Critical Perspectives for Teaching Sociology and Anthropology.pdf. Kidney transplantation in obese patients « First, Do No Harm. Obesity Myths. Why people hate fat Americans. Renfrew keynote 11-9 post.pdf (application/pdf Object) Activism Page. Wombatilim - A handy guide. Conflicting research on fat kids and their health. Why the “war on fat” is a scam to peddle drugs. Zombies: It's a Lifestyle Change, not a Diet. HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 2) Resources - Linda Bacon, PhD. Fat Acceptance. The Guardian on Facebook. Yemapower - chat - erecsmith12.