thisisthinprivilege: What’s Wrong with Fat? by Dr. Abigail...

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What’s Wrong with Fat? by Dr. Abigail Saguy (UCI, April 17, 2013) (by feedmeimcranky)

Please watch the whole thing. At the end, Dr. Saguy, when asked a question about weight loss being prescribed to especially older cardiology patients, says:

…based on the data they shouldn’t be recommending weight loss. At all. And yet,  [a cardiologist at UCLA] tells me she has fellow cardiologists come to her and say, “Well, do you really believe your data?”

[to which she replies] “Well yeah, I have no reason not to believe my data.”

Or [her fellow cardiologists say] “I know what the data suggests, but I just can’t bring myself to stop recommending weight loss. I know there is no scientific basis for it, but…”

This comes from people’s prejudice.

We live in a society that values thinness, so we assume that it must be better for everything. And it’s just not supported.