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Accepting fat and addressing diabetes

Rachel at TheF-Word.Org has a thought-provoking post about diabetes. She says:Type 2 diabetes is the prime weapon of choice in the arsenal of theanti-obesity establishment, who fear-monger the disease to promotetheir…
Time for change?

There's a whole lot going on in my life at the moment. Great things, mostly. Work is busy, little one is fascinating, funny, obstinant, articulate, observant, imaginative and somewhat unpredictable. I feel like Mr. Round…
No really this time -- what is beauty, anyway?

Here's what I drafted by hand early Sunday morning while everyone else in my house was sleeping...Tara's provacative post, "A Different Kind of Fat Rant: People of Color and the Fat Acceptance Movement" included so many …
Musings about the Five Percent

There are many people out there who still believe that diets work.The oft-quoted phrase that "95% of diets fail" leads to another idea -- that there is a "5%" that succeeds and maintains, through diet and exercise, weigh…
Good news, bad news and some ideas

There's some good news to report about diabetes:"Two CDC studies say adults with diabetes report they are doing better at the vital job of monitoring their blood sugar, and fewer say they've developed cardiovascular di…
Alternative ways of thinking about fatness, Part 1

Allow me to speculate for a post.I'm interested in trying a little thought experiment.What if all restrictions in eating (whether caused by dieting or by hunger, famine or war) were ended?What if everyone in the world ha…
Unnatural Causes

I don't know how many of you have heard of this upcoming documentary, Unnatural Causes, and the campaign that surrounds it."Unnatural Causes, a seven-part series for PBS broadcast and DVD release, will, for t…
The Oy Vey Detective

Sometimes you look for something to write about, and sometimes it finds you.My dad, a very loving, wonderful and very human (with all of the failings that are implied) being, send me this email this morning:You might wa…
Maybe I should have started blogging sooner

Okay, I'm going to get all wonky here for a post. Check back in again in a few days if it gives you a headache or causes eyerolling.Since 1979, the U.S. Government's Department of Health and Human Services has created na…