Keep Yer Flab On

The Obesity Wars are nothing but a big lie about fat, says Paul Campos, author of a provocative new book titled "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession With Health is Hazardous to Your Health."

The so-called fat epidemic is a product of upper-class white hysteria that demonizes everyone who does not fit a certain body type.

Campos argues that Americans are in fact only a mere 15 pounds heavier than we were 20 years ago. What have become more stringent in that duration are public health standards for ideal weight, which now define the vast majority of us as "overweight" or "obese"

Here's a quote from Paul: "I think our definition of health is far too narrow. Health ought to be a more holistic concept. It ought to be spiritual, emotional, political health as well as pure physiological health. And an obsessive pursuit of physiological health, narrowly defined, can interfere with our emotional and spiritual health."

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