This article blew me away...
"Which brings us to one of the largest gaps between science and practice in our own time. Years from now, we will look back in horror at the counterproductive ways we addressed the obesity epidemic and the barbaric ways we treated fat people—long after we knew there was a better path........ 'A lot of my job is helping people heal from the trauma of interacting with the medical system,' says Ginette Lenham, a counselor who specializes in obesity. The rest of it, she says, is helping them heal from the trauma of interacting with everyone else....... According to a 2015 study, fat people who feel discriminated against have shorter life expectancies than fat people who don't. 'These findings suggest the possibility that the stigma associated with being overweight,' the study concluded, 'is more harmful than actually being overweight.' "
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