University of Illinois Chicago wants to ban the word 'obesity' because focusing on body size is 'rooted in racism'

UK Daily Mail ^ | May 18. 2022 | Gina Martinez

[C19fan]

Multiple woke academics now claim the word 'obesity' is racist and should be dropped in favor of 'people with larger bodies.

The University of Illinois Chicago's school of public health published a health brief titled: 'Addressing weight stigma and fatphobia in public health' that explored 'the association between racism, weight, and health.'

[windsorknot]

How about “tons of fun”?

[Lurkinanloomin]

A plastic bag over the head of everyone who believes CO2 is a dangerous pollutant would immediately reduce their personal output to 0 and solve the Goebbels Warming problem.../s

[rdl6989]

Paging Sir Mix-A-Lot.

[ought-six]

Literally EVERYTHING is racist to these idiots.

[Ezekiel]

'As presented by Soul Fire Farm, the U.S. food system is built on stolen land using stolen labor from Black and Latinx indigenous people,' the brief says. 'Not only has this created a large scale food apartheid and trauma for people indigenous to this land, it has caused a disconnection of indigenous people from their cultural practices and identities.'

Proof that certain types of salad can make people fat.

[ought-six]

“How about “tons of fun”?”

Oh, good one!

[Stosh]

I hope they got an endorsement from Pritzker on video - that ought to clinch their case.

[Zuriel]

Then just have them wear a banner like the heavy haulers use:

“OVERSIZE LOAD”

[Allegra]

Everything is racist to these whiny, low-IQ jackasses.

[Allegra]

Everything is racist to these whiny, low-IQ jackasses.

[Bob434]

Claiming that everything is rooted in racism is racist.

[The people have spoken]

A BMI in the 30-40 range suggests that you are obese a person with a larger body. A BMI of 40 or more suggests that you are morbidly obese a person with a morbidly larger body, which carries greater health risks.

[GreenHornet]

What the hell is fat phobia?

It's the fear of having Rosie O'Donnell or Stacey Abrams fall on you.

[EastTexasTraveler]

So, only people of certain races are fat? Who knew?

[joma89]

I prefer just calling them fat.

[AF_Blue]

Mine was a little more direct, after admitting she needed to do the same. I was told I needed to put less food on my plate, and slow down my eating speed, I wasn’t in a race to clear the plate.

[AF_Blue]

I think you mean, Fluffy!

[Zathras]

How do they feel about “Whale”, “Barrage Balloon”...etc?

[jimwatx]

According to the woke crowd everything is rooted in racism. Obesity IS a health problem, seems ironic a university’s public health dept thinks it should be ignored.

[sevlex]

What race is “fat”?