“Anti-fatness is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination.”.

“Skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming.”.

“Fat people should pay for a second airplane seat.”.

“People who have never been fat have ‘internalized fatphobia.'”.

“Fat people shouldn’t call themselves fat.”.

“I don’t like gaining weight, but I don’t treat fat people differently.”.

“Fat people don’t experience discrimination.”.

“We’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic.”.

“Body positivity is about feeling better about yourself, as long as you’re happy and healthy.”.

“Accepting fat people ‘glorifies obesity.'”.

“Fat people are emotionally damaged and cope by ‘eating their feelings.'”.

Fat people don’t like going to the doctor’s office because they don’t like hearing the truth.”

“Doctors are unbiased judges of fat people’s health.

“The BMI is an objective measure of size and health.”.

“Obesity is the leading cause of death in the United States.”.

“Weight loss is the result of healthy choices and should be celebrated.”.

“Thin people should help fat people lose weight.”.Only a bad parent lets their children get fat.”

“Parents are responsible for their child’s weight.

It’s just a matter of ‘calories in, calories out.'”

“Any fat person can become thin if they try hard enough.

If fat people don’t like how they’re treated, they should just lose weight.” You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths about Fat People is organized by those twenty myths, and truly, to get the best sense of what Gordon’s book contains and if it appeals to you, read the table of contents.

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