File this under cautionary tale: I was doing my morning blog crawl and read a piece over at diet-blog entitled The Top 10 Sources of Stigma. In it they list the top 10 sources of negative reaction to overweight people. They also included the title of the research paper that list was based on which I found and read. The most amusing factor is this - Of the various coping mechanisms utilized by overweight folks when dealing with negative reactions 25% responded that they had used Physical Violence to deal with such comments. That’s right folks, be careful whom you disparage - They may punch you in your skinny face with a beefy appendage. The laws of physics put the favor on the fatty. These thoughts keep me warm at night.
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