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Eating – the WHAT or the HOW?

By Michelle | Published: August 17, 2009

This is going to come off kind of weird, but: I don’t actually care much what people eat. I will now take the remainder of this post to qualify that statement. Here’s what I mean: only in certain, limited contexts does WHAT a person eats play a direct role in their health. We’re talking deficiencies [...]

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Dear Fat Nutritionist – does yummifying my food make it less nutrilicious?

By Michelle | Published: July 7, 2009

(Yes, I just made those words up, and yes, I’m aware that they are completely stupid. Therefore, I will continue using them at every future opportunity, until people beg me in droves to STOP, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST STOP.) Just the other day, I received the following wonderful letter, and nearly broke my [...]

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Dear Fat Nutritionist – Am I making my kid fat?

By Michelle | Published: June 5, 2009

Well HELLO everyone. It appears you’ve found me — even though I haven’t “officially” launched this site yet (meaning, I have been too afraid to actually mention it by name on my old blog.) But some of the posts I stuck in the archives appeared on the Fatosphere feed. And more will soon, as I [...]

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Holier-than-thou, and getting holier.

By Michelle | Published: May 27, 2009

So, I just read this editorial-slash-book-review, or whatever it’s supposed to be. The most striking thing, to me, is the writer’s use of moralizing, sin-a-licious language: In theory, I’m a food libertarian and don’t believe the state should take responsibility for curbing individuals’ greed.” [Emphasis mine.] And her…colourful…use of hyperbole, which wouldn’t be entirely out-of-place [...]

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Is eating an addiction?

By Michelle | Published: August 5, 2008

In Australia, the New South Wales government is introducing a quitline to help tackle obesity. You call them up, they tell you to stop being so fat, I guess. It’s going to be called a “get healthy” line. Because fat /= healthy fat = smoking (?) There’s the unspoken implication here that people will call [...]

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