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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rhonwyyn: [QB] Eh, not trying to be mean (it just comes naturally?), so I'm sorry if I hurt you. I get defensive when people "concern troll" fat people since I am one and I know that there's a whole lot more that goes into it than what the media would have you believe. I really like Kate Harding's breakdown of things [URL=http://kateharding.net/faq/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/]here[/URL]. She links to Junk Food Science's blog, which critically reviews some of those links posted above. Linda Bacon's "Health At Every Size" (referred to in the fat acceptance community as HAES) is also a good read and way of life. In short, being fat is not a death sentence. Many of the supposed side effects of this "disease" are the result of the way people treat those who are fat. It's a psychological issue, not a physical one. We need to remove the barriers that prevent fat people from full participation in society: bias, ridicule, expectation of poor health, assumption of ignorance and stupidity, etc. In my experience, those contribute more to poor health than fat does. [/QB][/QUOTE]