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Wed, Dec-12-18 04:53 |
The Blame for Fat Shaming
Another terrific post from Dr. Jason Fung :thup:
https://idmprogram.com/the-blame-for-fat-shaming/
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The Blame for Fat Shaming
The main reason why obesity is such an emotionally charged issue is simply that it has become entangled with all kinds of aspersions on a person’s willpower and character. It is completely different from almost every other disease because there is always the unspoken accusation that you did it to yourself. There is always the feeling that you could have done something about it if you weren’t such a weak willed glutton. Many physicians unconsciously engage in ‘fat shaming’ is that they believe that this gives patients extra ‘motivation’ to lose weight. As if the whole world was not reminding them every single day. So, who deserves the blame? The ‘Calories In Calories Out’ (CICO) crowd – those physicians and researchers who have strenuously and constantly cried that ‘A calorie is a calorie’ or ‘It’s all about calories’ or ‘Eat Less, Move More’. Because what they actually mean, but don’t say is ‘It’s all your fault’. The CICO crowd took the disease of obesity and instead of treating it with compassion and understanding infused it with personal shame. I’m here to tell you that it’s all just a huge pack of lies fed to us by their corporate backers.
Continues...article has graphs, etc. hard to copy.
Read at link above
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Can look forward to the conclusion:
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Not only do people with weight problems suffer all the physical health issues – type 2 diabetes, joint problems, etc., but they also get the blame for it. Blame that is unfairly targeted toward them because the advice they received to lose weight had a 99% failure rate. Should people get angry about it? Absolutely. The next time some physician tells you that ‘It’s all about calories’ you have my permission to slug him/her.
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