Friday, June 24, 2005

Voice of Reason: Fact vs. Fiction on Obesity

Voice of Reason: Fact vs. Fiction on Obesity
(Live Science)
Many obesity skeptics denounce popular culture’s obsession with thinness. While thin bodies are undeniably present in entertainment media, large bodies are just as present, from Oprah Winfrey to Roseanne Barr and Kirstie Alley, American Idol Ruben Studdard to Starr Jones and Queen Latifah. Bizarrely, Campos cites very thin actresses Kate Moss and Calista Flockhart as being the “cultural ideal.” He offers no support for this claim (ideal according to whom?) and seems unaware that both Moss and Flockhart were continually and harshly criticized—not lauded—for their thin bodies.

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