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Sure enough. Chris says it about as straight as anyone can.
Check out his blog on fat people.

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Belly fat might look like it’s just hanging there, wobblng during walking, and blocking a clear view of the feet, but there’s much more to belly fat.
I use the technical term “belly fat” but what the heck, we might as well call it by its everyday name: “adipose tissue”.
This adipose tissue is most definitely not [...]

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Have you noticed that fat people come in different shapes? Some fat people are fat all over, while others, often guys, have very fat bellies only.
Is a fat belly phat?
Apparently not, according to the research of Dr. Rachel Whitmer, of Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Etiology and Prevention, Oakland, California.

She recently carried out a study [...]

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I’ve noticed that fat people tend to hang out together. Assuming I’m right, is it because they seek each other out, finding like-bodied people attractive, or is it because you’re more likely to get fat by hanging out with a fat person?
Drs. Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler addressed this and found that, [...]

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Writing in the International Journal of Obesity, Dr. Rebecca M. Puhl has found substantial discrimination against overweight people. You can read a summary at MedlinePlus.
Dr. Puhl reports that weight discrimination in America is close to rates of racial discrimination for women.
Weight discrimination can involve being called names to being turned down for employment on the [...]

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The International Obesity Task Force writes that being overweight or obese increases the risk of a number of health conditions. These include the following:

High blood pressure
Osteoarthritis
High total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Breast and colon cancer

None of these is much fun. My own blood pressure [...]

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I was eating at Applebee’s in Dartmouth, MA, yesterday, with my wife Linda, and I was struck by the number of very fat women eating there.
Let’s not be hypocritical about this – my doctor says I could lose 20 pounds. I did lose 27 pounds by knocking off carbs. That was great. Even the feeling [...]

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