Over the last 30 years, fatness has been defined as a risk factor for disease, then a disease in itself, then a global epidemic. What caused this rapid shift? Who’s gonna join our group of B-roll vigilantes? And did we just hear Morgan Freeman?Support us:<ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://paypal.me/maintenancephase'>Donate on PayPal</a></li><li><a href='http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase'>Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a></li></ul>Books!<ul><li><a href='https://bookshop.org/books/fat-politics-the-real-story-behind-america-s-obesity-epidemic/9780195313208'>Fat Politics</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/killer-fat/9780813564852'>Killer Fat</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.routledge.com/The-End-of-the-Obesity-Epidemic/Gard/p/book/9780415489881'>The End of the Obesity Epidemic</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.routledge.com/Folk-Devils-and-Moral-Panics/Cohen/p/book/9780415610162'>Folk Devils and Moral Panics</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moral_Panics/SbY2Mksi1kcC?hl=en'>Moral Panics</a> </li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v5txYU4j-g'>American Obesity Association PSA</a></li><li><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/business/ama-recognizes-obesity-as-a-disease.html'>AMA Recognizes Obesity as a Disease</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988332/'>Regarding Obesity as a Disease: Evolving Policies and Their Implications</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904092/'>For Researchers on Obesity: Historical Review of Extra Body Weight Definitions</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1479667/'>Obesity task force linked to WHO takes “millions” from drug firms</a> </li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17469900/'>Medicare’s search for effective obesity treatments: diets are not the answer</a> </li><li><a href='https://hbr.org/2019/08/research-on-many-issues-americans-biases-are-decreasing'>Research: How Americans’ Biases Are Changing (or not) Over Time</a> </li><li><a href='https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117075&amp;page=1'>Satcher: Obesity Reaching Crisis Levels</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberly-Mcclure-Brenchley/publication/49705491_Obesity_in_the_News_Do_Photographic_Images_of_Obese_Persons_Influence_Antifat_Attitudes/links/5894bd1e4585158bf6e95416/Obesity-in-the-News-Do-Photographic-Images-of-Obese-Persons-Influence-Antifat-Attitudes.pdf'>Do Photographic Images of Obese Persons Influence Antifat Attitudes?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4259211/#:~:text=Copyright%20%C2%A9%20Australasian%20Medical%20Journal,(BMI)%20measure%20above%2030'>Did the American Medical Association make the correct decision classifying obesity as a disease?</a> </li><li><a href='https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-exactly-is-a-disease'>What exactly is a disease?</a> </li><li><a href='https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01082.x'>The “Childhood Obesity Epidemic”: Health Crisis or Social Construction?</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fears-fat-planet-overblown-skeptics-say-flna1c9461471'>Fears of a fat planet overblown, skeptics say</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.proquest.com/openview/4150738197df3b369a81012fa250b3c9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=37325'>An Unjust War: The Case Against the Government’s War on Obesity</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.bmj.com/content/332/7555/1412.1.short'>Expanding Definitions of Obesity May Harm Children</a> </li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a> (https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase)

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