Category: weight-related shame

Bioethicist Quack Promotes “Fat Shaming” to End Obesity

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
January 25, 2013

It’s pretty shocking to believe the source of this proposal. The co-founder of a non-profit center dedicated to bioethics research and public policy is promoting “fat shaming” as a solution to the obesity problem. And yes, he actually calls his proposal “Stigmatization.” In his paper “Obesity: Chasing an Elusive Epidemic” Daniel Callahan PhD, co-founder of …

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Yale Study Proves Fat Bias is Real DUH!

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight loss myths, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
January 24, 2013

Yale University has done a study that focused on how a defendant’s weight affects jury verdict outcomes. The findings? Overweight female defendants were more likely to get a guilty verdict from male jurors. Women displayed less bias but the study found leaner men in particular were likely to judge a fat defendant harshly to the …

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How Kelloggs Manipulates Your Shame

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight loss marketing, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
January 20, 2013

You’re not defined by your weight! You’re so much more than a number! Imagine getting on that scale and seeing “Joy” and “Spirit” and “Drive” instead of your weight. Doesn’t that celebrate the wonderful person you are? I’ve just described a Kelloggs commercial. If you’ve seen it, would you find yourself thinking “Wow, isn’t this …

WLS, the “Easy Way Out”—The Definitive Response

By Dagny Kight in lifestyle change, weight loss myths, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
January 16, 2013

I happened to see a photo of Carnie Wilson today and it hit me. It’s so obvious. The definitive response to shut down any idiot who insists that weight loss surgery is the “easy way out.” She failed. Carnie Wilson was a weight loss surgery failure. She gained a load of weight back and had …

Weight & Fat: Contradictions in Correctness

By Dagny Kight in lifestyle change, weight loss myths, weight-related shame
January 7, 2013

I love the First Lady. I really do. But I read an interview in which she joins in doing something that I think creates an aspect of denial to the difficulty some of us endure in managing our weight. It’s a contradiction with roots in political correctness. In an interview in Women’s Health magazine, Michelle …

Obesogenicity & Broken Things: Why America Won’t Solve the Obesity Problem

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight loss marketing, weight loss myths, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
December 5, 2012

I learned new words yesterday. Obesogenicity An “obesogenic environment” supports gaining weight by promoting indulgent overeating. It’s the opposite of a “leptogenic” environment which would promote leanness or weight loss. An environment’s obesogencity can be measured by the use of ANGELO, the ANalysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity. Whatever ANGELO’s rating system is, I think the entire United …

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