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The Long-term Consequences of WLS - Rich & Heather's Story 24 Feb 2013 | 09:16 pm
My name is Rich, but I may be better known to some of you as richie79 of the UK who used to post prolifically here on Big Fat Blog and elsewhere in the Fatosphere for many years. Don't know if any of ...
NWSA 2013 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers 8 Feb 2013 | 11:04 pm
NWSA 2013 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers November 7-10, 2013, Cincinnati, OH. Papers on any topic at the intersection of women's studies/ feminism/ womanism/ gender/ sexuality and fat st...
Conflicting research on fat kids and their health 22 Sep 2012 | 12:19 am
I have three articles for y'all today, all of them about children's health, and all of them seem to be conflicting with each other (but then, what else is new with obesity research in general, right?)...
Man fired because of his size wins lawsuit 27 Jul 2012 | 04:48 pm
The Houston Chronicle reports that a man who was fired from his job solely because of his size (his performance reviews were excellent) has been awarded compensation by the local district court. The J...
Talking Fat now available 23 Jul 2012 | 11:59 pm
Talking Fat: Health vs. Persuasion in the War on our Bodies is now available from Pearlsong Press, Amazon and Barnes and Noble online. Amazon says temporarily out of stock because the book is print on...
Study: Weight isn't the real issue 20 Jul 2012 | 04:09 pm
Big Liberty has already covered this on her blog, but I wanted to add a note about it here, too. HAES advocates keep saying over and over again that weight isn't the real issue. If you have an issue ...
Pre-diabetes: a fake disease? 20 Jul 2012 | 05:32 am
Once again, I'm just putting this out there. Diabetes, real diabetes, is a health condition that needs to be carefully monitored and controlled. The repercussions of not doing so can be pretty horrif...
Debate: 'Is obesity a disease' 28 Jun 2012 | 07:25 pm
I haven't had time to watch this yet, but I'm just putting it out there for discussion. It should be interesting. Dr. Jacqui Gingras is a HAES advocate and Dr. Arya Sharma is Alberta's leading expert...
WLS Surgeon Faked Data in Medical Studies 24 Jun 2012 | 08:10 pm
From Retraction Watch: Three more retractions for weight loss surgeon Edward Shang for making up data. Edward Shang, the weight loss surgeon who lost his job at the University of Leipzig in May after...
UK Government criticises obesity epi-panic 7 Jun 2012 | 04:40 am
Just by way of an update, the All-Party Parliamentary Group into body image has now published the report of the inquiry discussed above. Considering this a Government document there's some really good...
