FAT ACCEPTANCE

This article contains a critique of "Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance" by Mary Ray Worley.

Why Fat Acceptance Is Wrong; Fat Can't Be Healthy.

The fat acceptance movement encourages individuals to focus on health, rather than reaching a certain weight or size. Is it possible to be fat and healthy?

The fat acceptance: pure B.S.

This article gives a critique of an article written by Mary Ray Worley on obesity and the reaction of society to it.

Founded in 1969 the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), provides information to the media on issues with diet, social interaction and legislation. NAAFA is one side of the controversial debate on issues facing overweight people and their rights.

Actor and director Kevin Smith was recently given the royal order of the boot from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank for violating the airline's "customer of size" policy. That is to say, Kevin Smith was caught flying while fat.

How many overweight people take offense at being referred to as fat?

WARNING: SPOILERS

Review of the book The Fat of the Land by Michael Fumento, a debunking of diet books and an attack on the culture of fat acceptance. Mostly convincing in its summary of relevant medical facts; less so in its moral and political positions.

Fat for most women and a sizeable percentage of men are unsightly. Some claimed that having fatty bulges in the body is a sign of poor health and discipline.

A strange thought came to mind today. Is it wrong to be fat, as far as the Christian faith is concerned? Or, does the idea of our bodies being a temple of God only apply to sinful acts like promiscuous sex, drugs, and so forth.

The entire weight-loss-lose-body-fat scenario revolves around one, vital and never-changing concept: Being overweight, thus, needing to lose body fat....

Gene linked to fat found in mice, similar gene found in humans.

When a young boy asks a minister if being fat is a sin, it's time for adults to reconsider how - and how often - they talk about weight.

The Media is giving new stronger anti-fat messages that are effecting the children, parents, and young woman who take it all in. It is changing rapidly in the last few years. Are these changes healthy for self esteem?

With at least two-thirds of Americans now overweight, there seems to be more acceptance in general of overweight people. It's not the first time perceptions have changed.

Is the Media ruining our self-confidence? Can we regain our confidence? Why is it that we can not be happy with ourselves?

Profiles the psychological damages that can occur when a child is obese. Also makes suggestions to prevent this from happening to children in the future. Article is based on the life of the author, who was an obese child.

Blistering commentary on why we need to stop coddling the obese, or else.

Weight loss gimmicks target women specifically. We fall for these expensive offers because we have a poor self-image of ourselves. We decide to pay anything to look like someone else instead of accepting ourselves for who we are.