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Fat Bias Isn’t Just About Rapport
As noted on Twitter, the article Tara Parker-Pope wrote for the New York Times about a study in Obesity looking at how fat patients aren’t always welcomed by doctors. Not news, though I suppose it’s...
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Things to Read
By way of Slacktivist comes a piece on recognizing silencing techniques. Some are definitely too familiar. Security guards do not always improve the learning environment. Art teachers might be...
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Job requirements
“Put this all together and it means the IRS needs tens of thousands of people who are (a) smart, (b) willing to do really tedious work, (c) for moderate wages, (d) while working for a soul-crushing...
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Why I Think Declaring Obesity A Disease is Harmful
It’s inaccurate: A fit fat person is usually healthier than a sedentary thin person. Obese people (BMI of 30 to 34.9) have no greater risk of early death than those of “normal” body size (BMI 18.5 to...
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Quote of the Day
Mr. de la Rionda hammered away at the chain of events Mr. Zimmerman set off, he said, when he profiled Mr. Martin, got out of his car with a gun and followed him, despite the advice of the police...
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People Get Ready
73-year-old Lester Chambers dedicates “People Get Ready” in memory of Trayvon Martin. A white woman jumps on stage and assaults him. If you aren’t familiar with the song, here’s a recording of Aretha...
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Genetics Affect Weight
This New York Times article by Gina Kolata isn’t totally news to me. At least not this summary of a study published in a 1990 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (bolding added): The work...
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Things to Read
Some links I thought worth sharing: Lara Frater on the word “fat”. Grief moves at its own pace, despite the “rush to normal” common in our society. You know how kids will bulk up a little before a...
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Some links
Image courtesy of the Rudd Center Image Gallery Oh wow have I been busy. But that’s not the point. So here’s some things to read :) ASDAH has launched a HAES curriculum for colleges, universities, and...
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CBC: Obesity research confirms long-term weight loss almost impossible
The CBC has an article on what obesity research shows. After years of study, it’s becoming apparent that it’s nearly impossible to permanently lose weight. I’m not sure that’s news, but go on. For...
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Why Isn’t Obesity Research Better Known?
CBC has an article on the part of obesity research that doesn’t always get talked about. Tim Caulfield says his fellow obesity academics tend to tiptoe around the truth. “You go to these meetings and...
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Why I Care About Mars Hill Church
You may have noticed me tweeting about Mark Driscoll, co-founder of Mars Hill Church. You may not know this, but Mars Hill Church started in Seattle. Prior to co-founding Mars Hill, Driscoll was a...
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Food for Thought
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch on the policing in Ferguson, Missouri: A “best practices” study published in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin two years ago says it’s generally accepted that “crowd...
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Music Monday
I first heard this song in the spring of 2000, shortly after the police who shot Amadou Diallo were acquitted. I heard an audience recording and read a transcript of the lyrics (Springsteen fandom...
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“a successful weight loss drug could potentially have huge sales”
Wow, so many people want to lose weight! Wouldn’t a weight loss drug make piles of money? Check out this business article on the new drug the FDA approved! In a clinical trial involving patients...
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