alithea: gabifresh: WARNING: THIS IS VERY TRIGGERING. If you were wondering about my stance on...

alithea:

gabifresh:

WARNING: THIS IS VERY TRIGGERING.

If you were wondering about my stance on diets etc, you can read this: http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2009/08/open-letter-fat-positive.html

this whole thing reeks of classism and total disregard for science and is little more than a pile of fence-walking bullshit, but THIS is the thing that pissed me off the most:

“We do understand that fatness is a health concern — and we think it should be treated as such, as a public health issue.”

Being fat is NOT a public health issue. A lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables and the extremely skewed way that the government gives subsidies to farmers is a fucking public health issue. The pharmaceutical industry being based on money instead of on an actual investment in public health is a fucking public health issue. A lack of funding to schools to provide healthy meals is a fucking public health issue. People going without health care is a fucking public health issue. But being fat is NOT a public health issue because being FAT and being HEALTHY rarely have anything to do with each other.