LOL, I pulled that same trick in undergrad. I remember a saying that was on mugs, bumper stickers, and cross stitch samplers as a kid: “if you can’t dazzle ‘em with brilliance, baffle ‘em with bullshit.”
Most of us outgrew this and realized we get more respect when we admit we don’t know everything, and then find out what needs findin’ out. But what’s that say about weight loss researchers? Oof.
This line really stands out to me: “Ignoring the fact that health benefits can come directly from behavior changes.”
I can’t even remember all the times I’ve had conversations with regular folks and healthcare providers who were all horrified at the idea of simply removing weight from the equation. Why can’t we focus on healthy behaviors without bringing weight into it? INCONCEIVABLE!
Imagine being so hellbent on the idea that the very existence of fat people is so offensive that you can’t even imagine just letting us EXIST. Anti-fatness runs DEEP.
LOL, I pulled that same trick in undergrad. I remember a saying that was on mugs, bumper stickers, and cross stitch samplers as a kid: “if you can’t dazzle ‘em with brilliance, baffle ‘em with bullshit.”
Most of us outgrew this and realized we get more respect when we admit we don’t know everything, and then find out what needs findin’ out. But what’s that say about weight loss researchers? Oof.
This line really stands out to me: “Ignoring the fact that health benefits can come directly from behavior changes.”
I can’t even remember all the times I’ve had conversations with regular folks and healthcare providers who were all horrified at the idea of simply removing weight from the equation. Why can’t we focus on healthy behaviors without bringing weight into it? INCONCEIVABLE!
Imagine being so hellbent on the idea that the very existence of fat people is so offensive that you can’t even imagine just letting us EXIST. Anti-fatness runs DEEP.
So much of this is disturbing. I teach introductory statistics and we cover a lot of this in that class. Makes me feel like what's the point?
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