Fat Lib?

The oxymoronic and the just plain moronic

According to the entry of page 36 of the Douglass Dictionary, the
word "activist" is defined as:

Activist — noun 1. One who acts (as opposed to thinking), on
behalf of a cause about which he knows only enough to utterly
misunderstand.  2. One whose activity volume exists in directly
inverse proportion to his knowledge.

By definition, activists are people of extreme viewpoints
(ironically, this is what most activists say about everyone else).
And I take pride in having ruffled the feathers of a great many of
them in this very venue, and in my newsletter. Over the years, I've
run afoul of environmental activists, animal-rights activists,
women's health activists (see also: mammogram mavens), anti-gun
activists, exercise activists (redundant, I know), and just about
every other kind of activist out there, except maybe anti-activist
activists, if such a thing exists…

And now, I'm about to add one more to the list: Fat activists.

Now, I've touched on the fact (Daily Dose, 11/18/03) that fat
acceptance has become trendy here in the U.S. — and that
accommodating the overweight in this country has become big
business (no wordplay intended, honest!). But I did not know that
there were actual political organizations formed for the express
purpose of promoting obesity as an acceptable lifestyle choice. Yet
recently, I discovered the existence of at least two: The NAAFA
(National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance) and the
International Size Acceptance Association, based in big-and-
proud-of-it Texas (how fitting).

Aside from the fact that "fat activism" is somewhat of an
oxymoron, anyone who actively promotes fatness is just a moron.
Look, it's one thing to not be able to help one's own size. But to
actively convince others that obesity is not only acceptable, but
something to strive for and be proud of, is misguided to the point
of being criminal. I HOPE I offend these folks. I hope they all get
so mad at me that they can't even eat. That would be the best thing
I could ever do for them…

Believe me when I tell you that fat — and I don't mean the kind
of fat the anti-meat activist are talking about — kills. Fat-related
diseases (diabetes, cancers, heart disease, etc.) kill more Americans
in JUST ONE YEAR than were killed in all of World War 2 —
300,000. Obesity costs this country more than $100 billion
annually, according to the government. And despite what you hear
from the fat-sympathetic, obesity is NOT a natural condition, and
the vast majority of overweight people don't have a problem with
their glands or hormones — they have a problem with breads,
sodas and desserts.

Yet fat activists aren't the most insidious lobby promoting obesity
today — at least they can be forgiven as simply ignorant or
empathized with for their basic desire for love and acceptance. (At
least that's what the psychiatrists say.) There's another, much more
powerful lobby doing it, too — one that knows better, and should
be doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. Keep reading…

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Paging Dr. Denial!

Not all of the blame for the obesity epidemic belongs on the well-
padded shoulders of the overweight in this country. At least some
of the responsibility rests rightfully with…

THEIR DOCTORS.

According to a recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention
report, 6 out of 10 mainstream MDs are not advising their patients
to lose weight despite the growing epidemic of obesity which
affects 30% or more of American adults. This represents a
decrease of several percent since just a decade ago, when obesity
numbers were far lower than they are today.

That's right: Ten years ago, a lot less of us were dangerously
overweight, yet MORE of our doctors were telling us to "drop a
few." But now they're in mass denial!

Why is this happening? Some say it's because most doctors are
relatively clueless about nutrition, but I think that's a naïve
viewpoint. To me, it's a very simple dollars-and cents proposition.
Think about it: There are more doctors per capita today than at any
point in our history. All of these doctors need sick patients to treat,
or they'll starve…

And what's one of the number one causes of the kinds of
prolonged sickness and disease that requires expensive drugs, tests,
and surgical procedures? You guessed it: Obesity. Some might be
shocked at my "extreme" viewpoint (especially those activists), but
what can I say: I call 'em like I see 'em.

That, and I always follow the money for the answer.

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