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The Almost every day, it seems, But a growing group of historians and cultural critics who study "We are in a moral from the The socio-cultural and economic dimensions of the obesity gap are clearly visible in the third world and developing countries. Here, (the Dowbrigade is currently reporting from Ecuador) as was the case in the United States in the past, the obese … Continue reading
\n socio-cultural and economic dimensions of the obesity gap are clearly
\n visible in the third world and developing countries. Here, (the Dowbrigade is currently reporting from Ecuador)
\n as was the case in the United States in the past, the obese are seen
\n as
\n enviously successful, while most of the poor people are lean and
\n hungry looking<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n there is another alarming study about the dangers of being fat
\n or a new theory about its causes and cures. <\/p>\n
\n fat say this obsession is based less on science than on morality.
\n Insidious attitudes about
\npolitics, sex, race or class are at the heart of the frenzy over obesity, these
\nscholars say, a frenzy they see as comparable to the Salem witch trials, McCarthyism
\nand even the eugenics movement.<\/p>\n
\n panic about obesity," said Sander L. Gilman, distinguished
\n professor of liberal arts, sciences and medicine at the University
\n of Illinois in Chicago and the author of "Fat Boys: A Slim
\n Book," published last month by the University of Nebraska
\n Press. "People are saying, `Fat is the doom of Western civilization.’ "<\/p>\n
\n New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"