Posted on 05/18/2022 10:05:20 AM PDT by 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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
the word ‘obesity’ is racist
Have we reached peak stupidity yet?
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I hesitate to agree because every time I think we have, a fresh batch of idiocy such as this comes along.
Raycisss ?? Are there no fat White people in the writer’s world?
While I am only about 8-9 pounds over the ‘ideal’ weight for my age, I know several folks that would break the scale should they ever get on one.
“Thin is in, but fat is where it’s at: Get hip; get Hefty!”
Masthead of 70’s porn mag, Hefty, featuring worn out, overweight prostitutes.
The English were being racists when they called one of the kings of France Charles the Fat.
Instead of “obese”, how about “differently formed”?
obviously, and im gonna say it ....
this group has not ( no chillun, its fo yo daddy’s eyez) ever invested a few moments looking at electronic places like ‘redtube’!
there is no such thing as ‘racism’ there, i har say.
Huh? All races get fat.
Except Ethiopians and Somalis.
Is that racist?
Or are Ethiopians and Somalis poor hunters (vegan)?
5.56mm
Changing the word doesn’t change the person. That airline seat is still that size.
If the people at Soul Fire Farm really believe that this is stolen land they should deed their land to the nearest tribe and return to their ancestral homeland.
Hypocrites all.
Chubby, Chunky, Rotund, Porky, Flabby, Portly, Wide-ass.
then let them go by the 0prah scale, where their weight is some multiple of the BIG 0...
like 2.3 0prah’s or .75 0prah’s, something they can relate to
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