hooooooooly shit
this just popped into my email
um, considering that many EDs and DEHs are partially caused by control issues, is it really prudent to frame temporarily* getting over an ED/DEHs as “how I ganed control over my disordered eating habits”???
*I use temporarily here because ED/DEHs are a life-long struggle. just because you get over them once doesn’t mean they won’t pop back up again in the future. and I am saying this as someone who struggles with ED/DEHs, fyi.
Basically, all the recent brouhaha about updating what is correct running form may have been for nothing.
Ethical consumers should be aware poor Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain, due to western demand raising prices
Good job, wealthy white people. Your exploitation of poor People of Color continues.
Being a little overweight may tip the odds in favor of living a long life, according to a new study. Researchers say there may be some benefit to having a little extra body fat.
This isn’t the first time researchers have raised questions about the link between body weight and how long someone will live. While there’s no debate that being severely obese will raise the risk of all kinds of illnesses and even cut some lives short, it’s less clear what happens to people who are less overweight.
Research: A Little Extra Fat May Help You Live Longer
I wonder if they controlled for overweight because of life-long too-good nutrition v. overweight because of life-long nutrient-poor but calorie-dense diet? But unfortunately, that leads to a whole can of confounding variables…
(via npr)
The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and in seeking out weight loss by any means necessary. A thin person who does these things is considered mentally ill. A fat person who does these things is redeemed by them. This is why our culture has no concept of a fat person who also has an eating disorder. If you’re fat, it’s not an eating disorder — it’s a lifestyle change.
Source: xojane.com
“It’s hard being out there, knowing you’re going to be judged, and there have been times at ABT I’ve definitely been told to lose weight…But I’ve always stayed healthy and found the right regimen for my body. I don’t think it’s ever stopped me from doing a role. ABT’s generally been great about the fact that I don’t have a perfect ballet body.”
Misty Copeland
Source: New York Magazine
Except this study was done only with young men. NYT, please stop writing shit headlines that mislead.
A slow but steady accumulation of evidence is inspiring some experts to re-examine assumptions about the role of body fat in certain chronic diseases.
From the article:
Fitness is an important, and often unmeasured, confounder, and the growing pile of paradoxical evidence is forcing experts to re-evaluate its importance.
Sweet Jesus, you’d think that would be a NO BRAINER. NO SHIT, IF YOU’RE FIT, THAT PROBABLY MATTERS MORE THAN YOUR WEIGHT. But in this fat-phobic society, of which doctors are a part, this bit of common sense is not so common sense.
(via feministfitspo)
Source: The New York Times
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