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The Most Important Thing You’ll Ever Read About Obesity

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight loss marketing, weight loss myths, weight-related shame
February 16, 2013

If you deal with weight at all, you need to be following the writing of Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, founder of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa. Click to read his blog, Weighty Matters. Dr. Freedhoff writes quite a bit and I just read an article that appeared in in the Huffington Post. Dr. Freedhoff addresses …

advocacy, bias, food marketing, shame, weight loss advertising

Is a Weight Problem All in your Head?

By Dagny Kight in lifestyle change, weight bias in the media, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
January 26, 2013

Who knows you best? Your Mom? Your significant other? Your best friend since third grade? How about YOU? Aren’t you the expert on YOU? Of course! It seemed like this week I happened to come across more presumptuous “experts” than usual. There’s the big story of the week, pompous ass Daniel Callahan, founder of a …

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 …

The Scourge that is “Biggest Loser”

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight prejudice and bias
January 4, 2013

Why mince words? “Biggest Loser” is one of the most offensive television shows of all time. It perpetuates truly hateful paradigms in the guise of a sickening insistence that the show “is changing lives.” I could say that the most disgusting scenes are when the trainers are humiliating the contestants and they do that in so many …

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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 …

bias, shame, weight loss advertising

It’s Time to Forgive Yourself for Your Weight and Move Forward

By Dagny Kight in weight bias in the media, weight loss myths, weight prejudice and bias, weight-related shame
November 27, 2012

This time of year tends to stir up memories, reminding people of events and experiences in their past, particularly those that involve treatment by family members. This week I came upon three blog posts that were essentially laundry lists of pain. Bloggers wrote out in excruciating detail the torment they’ve endured at the hands of abusers, …

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