Posts Tagged ‘fat’
fatness ~ unemployment
December 11th, 2009 by lifeproof
You may have read my First and Second Encomium Aletudinis (The Praise of Fatness) posts where I analyzed the cultural aspects to normalize the phenomenon and the image of fatness that curtails the globe. In addition to that cultural dimension, The Gawker has made a connection between fatness and unemployment by observing the CDC map of [...]
Tags: Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, fat, fatness, normalizing obesity, obese, obesity, The Gawker, The Praise of Fatness, This is why you are fat, unemployment
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint
Encomium Aletudinis * – Part I
November 23rd, 2009 by lifeproof
Recently, the Japanese government has issued a law that determines normal body size and weight of a citizen. According to this new law, it is illegal to be overweight in Japan. The overweight person–and his/her employer–will face consequences. The person will get a compulsory physician visits and the employer will be fined and forced to [...]
Tags: aletudo, BMI Calculator, body mass index, conspicuous consumption, consumerism, encomium aletudinis, fat, fatness, Kids Health, MedicineNet, National Institutes of Health, obese, obesity, overweight, The Praise of Fatness
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
Are You Fat?
May 14th, 2009 by lifeproof
No wonder. Do you want to know why you are fat? Do you ever look at what you are eating? Here, I have found the perfect blog for you. This is why you are fat. [where dreams become heart attacks] They have recently declared from their blog that they have got a book deal–and are asking [...]
Tags: appetite, blog, eating, fat, food, obese, This is why you are fat
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