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Why am I fat?
Posted by Ellsee on Dec 29, 2009 in Thinking Fat
I suspect every fat person in America asks him-/her-self this question at one time or another, sometimes frequently. There are plenty of answers, most of which do not come from ourselves but the people and culture around us.
Here’s a list of the typical assumptions about why fat people are fat:
Over-eating
Lazy
Don’t exercise enough
Poor self-image
Emotional eating
Psychological [...]
Fat 101: Introduction
Posted by Ellsee on Dec 27, 2009 in Thinking Fat
Americans cling to a nearly cult-like mythology that “fat” is caused by “food”. Yet, if this were the case, all over-weight people in our culture should simply be able to stop eating the food that makes us fat and we’d instantly become sleek and fit. Obviously, food does play a role in the growing [...]
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