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On AlterNet: fat

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "fat"

Women Should Cut Out the

Women Should Cut Out the "Fat Talk"

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 19, 2009.
The nasty comments women make about their bodies are uncomfortable and harmful.

Michael Pollan: Health Reform Will Make Americans Less Fat

Michael Pollan: Health Reform Will Make Americans Less Fat

Michael Pollan, The New York Times. September 14, 2009.
Look out fast food; when insurance companies can't dump the sick, they will have to strongly support healthy diets, or lose money.

Sex and Food: What Feeding Porn Tells Us About Our Moralistic, Thinness-Obsessed Culture

Sex and Food: What Feeding Porn Tells Us About Our Moralistic, Thinness-Obsessed Culture

Jessica Hester, Bitch Magazine. August 28, 2009.
If porn serves as a repository for images and ideas expelled from society at large, feeding porn seems inevitable.

20 Foods That Make You Smarter

20 Foods That Make You Smarter

Sara Ost, EcoSalon. August 18, 2009.
Here are some healthy, environmentally friendly ways to kick-start your brain.

15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. August 15, 2009.
Erectile dysfunction, the truth behind the "special sauce," and a burger from 1996. Keep reading if you dare.

How I Reconciled My Diet With My Feminism

How I Reconciled My Diet With My Feminism

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. August 4, 2009.
How can you be a fat-positive feminist who's trying to losing weight?

Does the Surgeon General's Weight Matter?

Does the Surgeon General's Weight Matter?

Lisa Earle MacLeod, Huffington Post AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 3, 2009.
We make all kinds of negative assumptions about heavier people, judging everything from their IQ to their work ethic.

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

Janet Paskin, Ode. July 27, 2009.
For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you.

9 Weight Loss Secrets the Diet Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

9 Weight Loss Secrets the Diet Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

Brie Cadman, Divine Caroline. May 11, 2009.
Here are a few hard truths the diet/food industry isn't going to tell you, but might just help you take a more realistic approach to weight loss.

Want To Be Thin? Eat More Fat

Want To Be Thin? Eat More Fat

Brie Cadman, Divine Caroline. April 20, 2009.
It's come to light that fat, the much maligned macromolecule, doesn't deserve the reputation it's been dealt.

Which Is Worse These Days: Being Called Fat or Whore?

Which Is Worse These Days: Being Called Fat or Whore?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Huffington Post. March 19, 2009.
In an interesting switch, food and sex have completely reversed their roles in society. And all within only a matter of two generations.

Fat: What the Experts Don't Know About Obesity

Fat: What the Experts Don't Know About Obesity

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. December 5, 2008.
A recent documentary shows how fat prejudice is keeping even some doctors from understanding obesity.

Avoiding the Fat Trap

Avoiding the Fat Trap

Donna Fish, Huffington Post. March 27, 2008.
What do we say when our daughters declare: "I'm Fat"?

Fighting Fat and Climate Change

Fighting Fat and Climate Change

Seth Borenstein, Huffington Post. December 7, 2007.
We can attack both problems by cutting calories and carbon dioxide at the same time.

How to Address Obesity in a Fat-Phobic Society

How to Address Obesity in a Fat-Phobic Society

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.
It's time to stop treating obesity as the problem of a lazy individual.

The Stone Age Diet: Why I Eat Like a Caveman

The Stone Age Diet: Why I Eat Like a Caveman

Jimmy Lee Shreeve, Independent UK. August 16, 2007.
Desperate to lose weight, one person found that only one diet did the trick: that of Paleolithic man. Bring on the meat.

Losing weight could cut gas costs

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 26, 2006.
Americans' extra pounds cost $2.2 billion in extra fuel.