Fat People
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Fat People
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Author : Bill Schubart
language : en
Publisher: Bill Schubart
Release Date : 2010-11
Fat People written by Bill Schubart and has been published by Bill Schubart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Fiction categories.
Schubart tackles the difficult subject of people and their relationship with food. The 14 stories he tells are by turns poignant and evocative, touching on all facets of obesity-addictive behavior, the pressure of prejudice, and the intimate psychological development of people for whom food becomes both companionship and family.
You Just Need To Lose Weight
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Author : Aubrey Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2023-01-10
You Just Need To Lose Weight written by Aubrey Gordon and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-10 with Social Science categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER “One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. Losing weight is easy—calories in, calories out. Fat people are unhealthy. We’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Fat acceptance “glorifies obesity.” The BMI is an objective measure of size and health. Yet, these myths are as readily debunked as they are pervasive. In “You Just Need to Lose Weight,” Aubrey Gordon equips readers with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them. As conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, “You Just Need to Lose Weight” will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history.
Fat Land
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Author : Greg Critser
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2004-01-05
Fat Land written by Greg Critser and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-05 with Health & Fitness categories.
“An in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the ‘fat boom’ in America.” —TheBoston Globe Low carb, high protein, raw foods . . . despite our seemingly endless obsession with fad diets, the startling truth is that six out of ten Americans are overweight or obese. In Fat Land, award-winning nutrition and health journalist Greg Critser examines the facts and societal factors behind the sensational headlines, taking on everything from supersize to Super Mario, high-fructose corn syrup to the high costs of physical education. With a sharp eye and even sharper tongue, Critser examines why pediatricians are now treating conditions rarely seen in children before; why type 2 diabetes is on the rise; the personal struggles of those with weight problems—especially among the poor—and how agribusiness has altered our waistlines. Praised by the New York Times as “absorbing” and by Newsday as “riveting,” this disarmingly funny, yet truly alarming, exposé stands as an important examination of one of the most pressing medical and social issues in the United States. “One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer
What We Don T Talk About When We Talk About Fat
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Author : Aubrey Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2020-11-17
What We Don T Talk About When We Talk About Fat written by Aubrey Gordon and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with Social Science categories.
From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social justice movements to be inclusive of plus-sized people’s experiences. Unlike the recent wave of memoirs and quasi self-help books that encourage readers to love and accept themselves, Gordon pushes the discussion further towards authentic fat activism, which includes ending legal weight discrimination, giving equal access to health care for large people, increased access to public spaces, and ending anti-fat violence. As she argues, “I did not come to body positivity for self-esteem. I came to it for social justice.” By sharing her experiences as well as those of others—from smaller fat to very fat people—she concludes that to be fat in our society is to be seen as an undeniable failure, unlovable, unforgivable, and morally condemnable. Fatness is an open invitation for others to express disgust, fear, and insidious concern. To be fat is to be denied humanity and empathy. Studies show that fat survivors of sexual assault are less likely to be believed and less likely than their thin counterparts to report various crimes; 27% of very fat women and 13% of very fat men attempt suicide; over 50% of doctors describe their fat patients as “awkward, unattractive, ugly and noncompliant”; and in 48 states, it’s legal—even routine—to deny employment because of an applicant’s size. Advancing fat justice and changing prejudicial structures and attitudes will require work from all people. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat is a crucial tool to create a tectonic shift in the way we see, talk about, and treat our bodies, fat and thin alike.
The Secret Lives Of Fat People
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Author : Mildred Klingman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Secret Lives Of Fat People written by Mildred Klingman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Obesity categories.
The Politics Of Size
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Author : Ragen Chastain
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-11-25
The Politics Of Size written by Ragen Chastain and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-25 with Social Science categories.
This book presents an unprecedented opportunity for people to hear from a simultaneously ostracized, ridiculed, and ignored group: fat Americans. Find out how the members of this very diverse group of people describe their actual lived experiences, quality of life, hopes and dreams, and demands. Our society is body-size obsessed. The result? An environment where "fat people" are consistently shunned and discussed disparagingly behind their backs. Although fat people typically bear the brunt of the institutionalized oppression around being oversized, pervasive closeminded attitudes about body size in America affect everyone of all sizes—from people who are shamed for being too thin to those whose lives revolve around the fear of becoming fat. This book talks about a topic that is important to all readers, regardless of their physical size, providing an anthology of first-person accounts of what it's like to be part of the fat-acceptance movement and on the front lines of activism in the "war on obesity." The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement supplies a frank discussion of the issues surrounding being fat and the associated health concerns—both physical and mental—and reframes the discussion about obesity from a medical issue to a social one. The essays serve to correct misinformation about obesity and fat people that is commonly accepted by the general public, such as the idea that "fat" and "healthy" are mutually exclusive. Subject matter covered includes fat-friendly workplace policies; fat dating experiences; and the intersections of being fat and also a person of color, a person with disabilities, a transgender person, or a member of another sub-group of society.
The Senseless Handling Of Fat People
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Author : Susanne Brandheim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-04-18
The Senseless Handling Of Fat People written by Susanne Brandheim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-18 with Political Science categories.
Every other fat woman feels defeated after meeting a doctor. At the same time, more and more girls in the Western world are starting to diet hard before the age of 14. There is a prevailing ideology that makes us all "want" to be thin. We have been thoroughly conditioned to believe that fatness is a result of personal weakness and immoral behavior, and our caring institutions have acted as moralizing gatekeepers of this inhuman myth. What if all interventions against the so-called obesity epidemic are not only futile but counterproductive and even harmful both to fat people and society as a whole? "The Senseless Handling of Fat People" is a critical endeavor into the attitudes and ideas behind the launch of an obesity epidemic, a launch that, in turn, has resulted in a worldwide systemic stigmatization of fat people. The book explores the societal drivers that maintain and reinforce the contempt for fat people. It shows that there really are political, social, market-based and medical forces that benefit from your self-contempt.
Only Fat People Skip Breakfast The Refreshingly Different Diet Book
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Author : Lee Janogly
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2010-05-06
Only Fat People Skip Breakfast The Refreshingly Different Diet Book written by Lee Janogly and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-06 with Health & Fitness categories.
Do all your dieting attempts end in failure? Do you ever intend to eat one biscuit but actually polish off the packet? Does your weight vary enormously depending on how 'good' you've been? If this sounds like you, it won't for much longer! Take control of your eating habits with Lee Janogly and break free from the binge-diet-crave-binge cycle.
Talking Fat
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Author : Lonie McMichael, Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: Pearlsong Press
Release Date : 2012-08-01
Talking Fat written by Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. and has been published by Pearlsong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Fat is bad, right? Well, no, being fat in and of itself is not bad. However, for the last decade we have been so inundated with negative messages about fat that it is revolutionary to think otherwise. These messages, this rhetoric, though not succeeding in making our society thinner or healthier, have been a resounding success in making us believe that fat is a Very Bad Thing and that fat people are Very Bad People. The rhetoric of the "war on obesity" has only succeeded in increasing prejudice and decreasing health in the very people targeted for "help" while increasing profits for those perpetuating such rhetoric. In this book, Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. examines the rhetorical success of the current "obesity" propaganda while considering its absolute failure to make people thinner or to make a difference in the health of the American people. Considering empirical studies and statistics as well as the actual experience of fat people, McMichael asserts that the "obesity epidemic" is about many things—prejudice, profit, control, etc., but it is not about health. Arguing that our current paradigm is only hurting our society and the individuals within it, McMichael calls for a change in policy and perspective on fat in American society.
The Fattest Guy In The Room
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Author : Big Mike Sangiamo
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-09-26
The Fattest Guy In The Room written by Big Mike Sangiamo and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-26 with Self-Help categories.
Some people say we live in a society that is experiencing an obesity epidemic, a negative health trend that is crippling our country and hurting the future. In The Fattest Guy in the Room, Big Mike Sangiamo turns this topic on its head with an often humorous and occasionally serious account of his life as a thirty-two-year-old overweight man in today's America. While it may sound like a "scared fit for the fat man" type of book, its real target is society as a whole. Mike's straightforward and sometimes whimsical observations are brought together with a final life-changing message for everyone who reads this book. No matter who you are, whether youre built like a blimp or Mr. America, you will gain a brand-new perspective on life and on the challenges fat people face in their daily lives. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll laugh some more while reading this groundbreaking take from one of the most talented new authors to hit the literary scene in a while.