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September 2009 Blog Posts (10)

Fatism weight bias stigma and discrimination. Fat Hatred News Article Fort Frances Times

End fatism

Wednesday, 6 May 2009 - 11:14am

Paul Murphy

Dear editor:

My group is working together to help fight obesity, but we want to expose weight bias stigma and discrimination.

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This is the undertow of the obesity crisis.

I am working to create a nation-wide action plan for obesity. Let’s measure fitness using treadmills, blood pressure, and actual devices that can tabulate health.

Fitness comes in all sizes, and we want to… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 25, 2009 at 7:32am — 2 Comments

Buyers are to blame for obesity,not us,says Cadbury's chief.

Buyers are to blame for obesity, not us, says Cadbury's chief

John Sunderland, the chairman of Cadbury Schweppes, yesterday tried to diffuse the growing backlash against the "vexed" obesity issue by shifting the blame to consumers. He told shareholders at the annual meeting: "We cannot escape the role of personal accountability we each have. Calories in have to match calories out."

John Sunderland, the chairman of Cadbury Schweppes, yesterday tried to diffuse the… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Fresh Produce and Fruit re School Lunches.

EU launches school fruit campaign

Girls choosing vegetables in London

The EU wants children to develop healthy tastes early on

The European Commission has launched a scheme to provide free fruit and vegetables to schools across Europe in a drive to curb child obesity.

The commission aims to spend 90m euros (£71m; $141m) annually on the scheme - a sum to be matched by participating governments, who are yet to approve it.

About 22 million children in the… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 9:47pm — No Comments

Is soda our new tobacco?

Newsom wants to charge stores that sell sodas

(09-17) 20:36 PDT -- Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will introduce legislation this fall that would charge a fee to retailers that sell sugary beverages.

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin NewsomMayor Gavin Newsom doesn't need voter approval to impose ..."Does this mean there's a fee on candy bars, on ice cream... View Larger Images

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Should S.F. charge… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Fat Hatred.

Practically the minute President Obama announced Regina M. Benjamin, a zaftig doctor who also has an M.B.A. and is the recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant," as a nominee for the post of Surgeon General, the criticism started.

The attacks were vicious—Michael Karolchyk, owner of a Denver "anti-gym," told Fox News' Neil Cavuto, "Obesity is the No. 1 issue facing our country in terms of the health and wellness, and she has shown not that she was born this way, not that she woke up… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Putting Obesity Out Of Business Boston Globe

Putting obesity out of business

By Ellen Goodman

July 24, 2009

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WHAT CAUGHT my eye was not just the ashtray sitting forlornly on the yard-sale table. It was the sign that marked it “vintage,’’ as if we needed to label this relic of mid-century America.

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Ashtrays that once graced every airline armrest, coffee table, and office have gone the way of spittoons. Today the car’s cigarette… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 9:23pm — No Comments

Wrong Way To Fight Fat.

Wrong Way to Fight Fat

By Rebecca M. Puhl and Kelly Brownell

Thursday, November 2, 2006

"Post your favorite fat photo on your refrigerator."

This weight loss tip from a bodybuilding Web site reflects the widespread belief that making people feel bad about themselves is an acceptable -- and effective -- form of motivation to lose weight. It isn't. In fact, the effect of this sort of thing -- we call it weight stigma -- is likely to be just the… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Salty Foods

‘Salty To A Fault’

Survey of 318 Foods Shows that Many are Too High in Salt

[Embargoed until 12:01 a.m. Thursday September 24, 2009.]

OTTAWA (September 23, 2009)-The vast majority of restaurant foods and many, perhaps most, packaged foods sold in grocery stores contain unhealthy—and unnecessarily high—levels of sodium, according to a new report by a nonprofit health organization. Health Canada concedes that it is nearly impossible, even… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 24, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments

Obesity and the Fault Based Model. Fort Frances Times Article

Thunder Bay man still working to open dialogue on obesity By Duane Hicks Staff writerA Thunder Bay man is making

headway in his mission to create dialogue about building healthy food relationships through education,awareness, and advocacy.

Touting the message…

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Added by Paul Murphy on September 16, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Orillia and Southern Ontario

Please feel free to honk .

obesitythunderbay.ca will be on walk- about in your fair city. The goal is to raise awareness and lower Fat Hatred. This is a complex health issue ,often made simpler by the weight loss industry. If it were so simple ,how did we get here?

95 % of dieting plans fail. But it is the individual that gets all of the weight and the blame. When have you ever heard of a diet plan fail? When will the media complete a story on a Failing Weight loss Plan?… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on September 10, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments