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The Politics of Fat: We Have to Keep Struggling to Liberate Ourselves from Self-Hatred

Allison McCarthy, AlterNet. April 4, 2012.

“We claimed the agency, we granted ourselves the authority. But we never stopped worrying about how our asses looked in our jeans.”

The Simple Trick That Can Bolster Willpower At the Supermarket

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. July 12, 2011.

New research finds grocery shoppers who carry baskets are more likely to purchase unhealthy food than those pushing a cart.

Why Is It So Hard To Lose Weight?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. January 24, 2011.

Most fat people who try to lose weight aren't successful. Does it make more sense to blame fat people for lacking self- control... or to change public policy about food and health?

Dieting Makes You Fat

Sophie Morris, The Independent UK. July 20, 2008.

Starving yourself sends your body into famine survival mode, causing you to store extra fat.

Separating Fact from Fiction in the Age of Obesity

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. May 24, 2007.

Can the diet industry be prosecuted into warning labels and public education efforts the way the tobacco industry has been?

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