In Which I Substitute an Email Conversation with Eastsidekate for an Actual Post Because I Can Only Say the Same Thing So Many Times

Posted by Melissa McEwan at Friday, July 17, 2015
[Content Note: Fat hatred; diet talk. Email exchange shared with Eastsidekate's permission.]

Eastsidekate: [sends picture, along with text below]

screen cap of a BBC article showing a thin white woman's feet on a scale with a headline reading: 'Obesity: 'Slim chance' of return to normal weight' and a subhead reading: 'The chance of returning to normal body weight after obesity is very low, research suggests.'

I see absolutely nothing new or notable about this BS in the BBC. I do, however, think "Return from Obesity" could be a really awesome movie franchise.

Liss: Return from Obesity—an outer-space Western starring spurs-wearing action star Slim Chance!

Sooooo there's a 'slim chance' (I see what they did there!) of returning to "normal weight" after "obesity." Gee, might that suggest that "obesity" is "normal weight" for some people???

Eastsidekate: Right? It's almost like the message should be that intervention is pointless, not that intervention is crucial.

Liss: Exactly.
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