Dr. Stuart W. Flint, Associate Professor of the Psychology of Obesity at the University of Leeds. How have I never heard of this guy? Thanks to Show Me the Data, I read an opinion piece by Dr. Flint. It was amazing. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02124 In looking for the article online, I did a Google Scholar search for…
Yet another study that shows that long term significant weight loss is not achievable for most people. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007448 When are they going to stop wasting money on this crap? And this time, the idea is to study the “effectiveness” of “high-intensity, lifestyle-based program for obesity treatment delivered in primary care clinics in which a high…
Famous pollsters Gallup need to get the fuck over themselves. Seriously. In the first two weeks of November they conducted their Health and Healthcare survey. The had responses from 1,015 random adults living in all 50 states and Washington DC. The results were that, in the past decade, there has been a marked increase in…
It is certainly up to the individual, but I get so (emotionally) tired of seeing photos of fat people trying to look thin. It makes me sad. I am sad that you don’t love your round fat face the way I love seeing it. I am sad that you only feel beautiful when trying to…
Holidays are often difficult for fat folks. Not only do they have to deal with all the usual pitfalls of time spent with family, they have to deal with them in a food-centric atmosphere. They sometimes have to deal with family or friends who feel it is appropriate to comment on the food the fat…
I just read a very good post by My Fat Friend. Fat shaming She talks about being at a party and talking to someone who, at first, seems interested in the topic of fat shaming and fat injustice. Then the person says the solution is to “just lose weight”. Wow. In the moment, My Fat…
I swear (often – as you probably already know) – I get tired of seeing studies about weight loss that simply rehash the same old/same old. For example, here is a study about studies! Review of high-quality, follow-up studies of obesity treatments That, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. And I guess…
Read a very good article by Cat Pausé (Changing the language) about how the British Psychological Society wants to change how we talk about fat people – they recommend using “identity first” language. I.e., instead of obese people say people with obesity or people living with obesity. These yahoos actually think this change will reduce…
A recent study out of China, looking at medical records of 36,000 US patients, found that fat people who lose weight after age 47 increase their risk of early death by 30%. Weight Change Across Adulthood And they found gaining weight at middle age and later was not associated with an increase in mortality risk.…
I’m not a fanatic like some people, but a holiday that involves candy and dressing up is going to go on my “it’s a goodness” list. One thing for many fat people, though, is the dressing up part. Most of the packaged Halloween costumes are not going to fit us. I am glad that some…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 