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‘Fat Activist’ Speaks at Public Health School, Denounces ‘Thin Privilege’
Heatstreet ^ | May 10, 2016 | Emily Zanotti

Posted on 05/11/2016 5:54:00 AM PDT by C19fan

The University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health was a lot less healthy this week.

In celebration of “International No Diet Day,” the school of public health, together with the University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work and its College of Food and Agriculture, invited Virgie Tovar, a self-proclaimed “fat activist,” to instruct America’s future nutritionists, dietitians and social workers on the finer points of “fat oppression.”

(Excerpt) Read more at heatst.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: fat; health; obesity; pc
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To: fella

Lol.


21 posted on 05/11/2016 6:56:08 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: elcid1970

Your not alone, same here. I need to lose it for getting my health better and to look presentable, especially when your job searching. I agree, I do not accept that this should be the normal, but it doesn’t give other people the right to be rude, and believe me I had my share.

I simply don’t understand how many who are overweight can say “accept it” just like these Fativist.


22 posted on 05/11/2016 6:56:22 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: C19fan

Thin privilege. Being able to walk through a door way with out having to wedge themselves sideways.


23 posted on 05/11/2016 6:57:31 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Thin privilege: having both hands in the same time zone or ZIP code.

Not having to carry euros in one pocket and pesos in the other.


24 posted on 05/11/2016 7:04:48 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: C19fan
What's next? Slob activism? Ugli-ism? StupidfoolliberalbutIrepeatmyself-ism?

Are people to be allowed their own values anymore or will the state mandate them?

25 posted on 05/11/2016 7:08:00 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: oh8eleven

Hey! Hey! Hey!....it’s FAAAAAAAAAAT Activist!


26 posted on 05/11/2016 7:09:28 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: C19fan

White, male, Christian but finally I’m a victim!!!


27 posted on 05/11/2016 7:20:36 AM PDT by fungoking (40% share for a TV show is a hit; in the 2016 election it a loss in a landslide, hello Pres Hillary)
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To: C19fan

I can get behind this one.


28 posted on 05/11/2016 7:21:45 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: KC_Conspirator
This is why I am into “fat shaming”.

I see plenty of "thin shaming" from some rather porcine ladies. How often do you see or hear such expressions as "real women have curves." Of course their idea of curves may differ from mine.
29 posted on 05/11/2016 7:29:27 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sugar is a killer for me. I have to severely limited it or I will be like Godzilla on a feeding frenzy.

It’s strange how something like sugar can trigger an avalanche of cravings. And the more I gave into the cravings, the more hungry I get, even though I may be full. It reminds me a bit of a drug addiction.

Once I got off sugar, I could eat in moderation, feel full and not crave food all the time. It was liberating.


30 posted on 05/11/2016 7:31:51 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: WakeUpAndVote
Thin privilege. Being able to walk through a door way with out having to wedge themselves sideways.

Thin privilege... Obama is keeping the fatties down!!!!! He's a Fattist!

31 posted on 05/11/2016 7:37:21 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: C19fan

Yet another reason not to recognize the University of Minnestoopid.


32 posted on 05/11/2016 7:38:05 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: C19fan

Next up, Stinky activists denouncing “clean privilege.”


33 posted on 05/11/2016 7:41:02 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: dragonblustar

Sugar does that to me, sometimes, as well.


34 posted on 05/11/2016 7:43:33 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Stick a fork in America; she's done.)
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To: C19fan
Yesterday, I saw a very surprising new study on Body Mass Index (BMI) and mortality rates.

For those who are not familiar with the numbers, I think this is (was) correct:

18.5 to 25 - Healthy Weight

25+ to 30 - Overweight

30+ - Obese

A study from the 1970’s found that people with a 23.5 BMI had the lowest mortality rate.

The new study finds that people with a 27 BMI have the lowest mortality rate.

What!

As a lifelong distance runner and certified skinny old man, I want my privilege back!

I tried to find the original link to this study, but can't.

Now, it's on every diet website in the world, so you will have to claw through a barrage of banner and video ads to read the details.

35 posted on 05/11/2016 7:46:36 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: elcid1970; WakeUpAndVote; C19fan

Thin privilege: when you lie around the house, you’re actually INSIDE the house!


36 posted on 05/11/2016 7:46:52 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Stick a fork in America; she's done.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70; C19fan
Next up, Stinky activists denouncing “clean privilege.”

Hippies.

37 posted on 05/11/2016 7:49:58 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Stick a fork in America; she's done.)
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To: JudyinCanada

It isn’t phobia, but reality. The kid who pointed out the Emperor had no clothes on was not nude-phobic, just realistic. And someone with a penis is not a woman unless one totally ignores reality.


38 posted on 05/11/2016 7:53:44 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: C19fan

There are those of us with honest metabolic issues, who eat little enough that most people would starve to death, and still can’t lose weight.

And then, there’s people like this . . .


39 posted on 05/11/2016 8:04:17 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: C19fan

I’m thin..so I guess I’m doomed


40 posted on 05/11/2016 8:04:27 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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