Posts Tagged ‘fatness’
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
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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
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