Greta Christina's fat positive manifesto

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I froze the discussion here because I thought it deserved a top-level post of its own, rather than being under a general discussion of Greta Christina. A few weeks ago she posted a very interesting series of articles on the fat-positive movement and her own beliefs; I'd be very interested to read more about what people think of them.

"I was frankly shocked at how callous most of the fat-positive advocates were about my bad knee. I was shocked at how quick they were to ignore or dismiss it. They were passionately concerned about the quality of life I might lose if I counted calories or stopped eating chocolate bars every day. But when it came to the quality of life I might lose if I could no longer dance, climb hills, climb stairs, take long walks, walk at all? Eh. Whatever. I should try exercise or physical therapy or something. Oh, I'd tried those things already? Well, whatever."

• The Fat-Positive Diet
• The Fat-Positive Skeptic
• An Open Letter to the Fat-Positive Movement

Comments

[ceb.livejournal.com]

I disagree. Firstly, a lot of eating is habit, and once you're over the effort of breaking a habit and forming a new, healthier one then you're back to not having to think about it all the time. Secondly, changing eating habits also changes the way things taste; if you avoid eating salty things (say) for a while, when you go back to them you may well find they're no longer so pleasant to eat.