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Were one to divide people by the stances they take towards body weight, we could probably note two major categories: one that speaks for acceptance and embracing the body each and every one of us lives in, and another that is completely opposed to anything beyond the limits of “normalcy,” meaning either skinny or overweight people. For some reason or another, people today cannot find a balance between the two. Moreover, the rhetoric against fat people is becoming louder and more virulent with each day, with the US standing out from the crowd as the biggest hater of them all, a recent piece in NewsWeek says. The common tendency is to turn against overweight people solely on the premise that they have done the harm themselves, therefore must suffer the consequences no matter what they are. In the US in particular, the piece says, the anti-fat rhetoric has reached such heights (or lows, depending on how one considers it), that packing on a few pounds seems the equivalent!
of the biggest crime one can commit. And, what’s even worse, the feeling of hatred and, to some extent, the discrimination towards those struggling with their weight is spreading fast, which leaves nutritionists and psychologists at a loss as to their next move, preferably one that wouldn’t attract even more negativ...
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