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Twenty-Five Years in American Obesity: The Video Flip Book
It's bad to be fat, but it's bad to suggest it's bad to be fat, so who even knows. It's also bad to be bad, so just be good and everything should be fine. Speaking of flip books, the best party favor/party attraction is easily the rental flip book stand — a photographer shows up with a pile of dumpy costumes that you (and whoever you're with) put on before moving around in front of the camera for 10 seconds. Two minutes later it's a little flip book that you can keep forever. Amazing.
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If you look at actual science and shit, from a health standpoint it's not bad to be fat! (It's bad to be inactive and eat unhealthy food, which is not the same thing!) It's only bad to be fat if you are prejudiced against fat people, or don't understand science.
It's bad to say it's bad to be fat, because saying that is either bigoted or ignorant (probably bigoted)! It's bad to be a bigot.
There, I've explained it to you. Now you even know.
@dakdakdak Do you have. Um. Some data or something to back that up? Like "the actual science and shit?" Even just a summary. Because I've been given to understand that the science, and shit, indicates the opposite.
@dakdakdak Thank you. Finally someone who gets that. Obviously, someone who gains weight very super-duper quickly who isn't used to carrying around the weight would have some issues with the transition from having been thin to suddenly carrying more weight – kind of like the issues you have when you get pregnant – but the actual *being fat* thing isn't UNHEALTHY. If you are living a healthy lifestyle but are still fat, you're still living a healthy lifestyle. Read "The Obesity Myth" by Paul Campos or "Health at Every Size" by Linda Bacon or "Big Fat Lies" by Glenn Gaesser. They all have lots of science-y stuff for everyone!!
@manshan I am here, with the Science.
High body mass index does not predict mortality in older people
BMI and all-cause mortality among Japanese older adults
BMI and mortality: results from a national longitudinal study of Canadian adults.
The epidemiology of overweight and obesity
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a
Paradigm Shift
here's some Science about health risks from repeatedly losing and gaining weight.
Also there is the entirety of this blog, Junkfood Science, but since that is a lot to link to, here's somewhere to start.
I have a policy where I listen to what scientists have to say about science and ignore as much as I can of what journalists say about science. It is a policy that I recommend highly to anyone who cares about accurately understanding science!
@dakdakdak and @ ielerol and @ Nikita Athena Blue – One question: where are your stats for how many individuals out there are the "healthy fat" and how many are fat because of hsitty diest and lifestyle choices. Heres a fucking guess: the vast majority of people who are OBESE are ill. End of story.
And before y'all start cryin', YES I will acknowledge that you can be 20 or 30 or even 40 pounds over yer ideal weight and still be considered healthy.
Actually, the dangers of being obese (notice I didn't say just overweight, there is a dramatic difference) depend on where you carry most of your weight and body fat. Those who are more apple-shaped (a great deal of weight around the midsection) are at a greater risk of developing serious health conditions such as diabetes. People who carry more weight in their backside and legs (pear-shaped) are at a lessened risk, even though their BMI might be the same as someone with a different body shape/type.
One thing obesity does protect against is osteoporosis in older adults. The excess weight helps to keep the bones dense and less prone to breaks.
Fat, shmat. I'm not getting married until that flipbook thing is an option where I live!!