This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! I was tagged into a conversation on LinkedIn wherein someone who identified himself as a “Senior Strategist, Direct-to-Employer (D2E); On-Site Direct Primary Care; MEDai Population Health Predictive Modeling Analyst” responded to a discussion about how a weight loss study was devoid of good science or sound research methods by saying (content note in the ensuing quote for anti-fat diet talk):
In a perfect world, all the proponents of "anything to make those damn fatties thin!" would have the
chance to experience for themselves what it's like to be on the receiving end of their cockeyed zealotry: each & every one of those dear souls would have the opportunity to spend six months as a
fat person, learning first hand what it's like to be treated with the same amount of respect as any lab
rat . It's exhausting to listen to these dolts go on about OUR lives, when they've never lived them, so
I'd like to see them deal with all the slings & arrows of outrageous fat phobia
that EVERY ONE OF US has experienced at some time. Then let 'em talk all they want -- wanna bet
Thank you so much for reframing this unbearable mainstream narrative. It makes me feel good to read you every time, and I really regret that voices like yours, or movements like Health at Every Size, people allowing to become aware of the Diet culture and its harms are totally inexistent in France. A few associations, like the association "Gras Politique", do the job, but they are invisible in the media.
In a perfect world, all the proponents of "anything to make those damn fatties thin!" would have the
chance to experience for themselves what it's like to be on the receiving end of their cockeyed zealotry: each & every one of those dear souls would have the opportunity to spend six months as a
fat person, learning first hand what it's like to be treated with the same amount of respect as any lab
rat . It's exhausting to listen to these dolts go on about OUR lives, when they've never lived them, so
I'd like to see them deal with all the slings & arrows of outrageous fat phobia
that EVERY ONE OF US has experienced at some time. Then let 'em talk all they want -- wanna bet
they'd never talk about fat again ?
I feel so grateful for your passion, compassion and intelligence Ragen! Great article. Maggie
Thank you so much for reframing this unbearable mainstream narrative. It makes me feel good to read you every time, and I really regret that voices like yours, or movements like Health at Every Size, people allowing to become aware of the Diet culture and its harms are totally inexistent in France. A few associations, like the association "Gras Politique", do the job, but they are invisible in the media.
Thanks a lot!