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I'm going to be doing a presentation at NMU on April 17th 2008.
Healthy At Every Size: Obesity, Health and Culture by Lisa Geoffrion, Undergraduate Student, Department of Nursing
(abstract)
"The health risks of obesity have been trumpeted loud and clear: diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure are all strongly linked to obesity. Is there a difference between looking healthy and being healthy? Western culture tells us: One can never be too rich or too thin. But the human body does not come in one cookie-cutter shape. Just as there are a range of body heights, there are a range of natural body weights. The predisposition to store different amounts of body fat is part of who we are. Our culture sends us the message that body fat is unhealthy and ugly; any fat person should feel ashamed of their moral weakness and obvious lack of self respect.
HAES, or Healthy At Every Size, is a world-wide movement that affirms that human beings are not plastic Barbie doll cut-outs, that humans come in a range of colors, heights, and shapes, and that health is much more than a BMI number.
The audience will come away from the presentation knowing that health is not a number and not a contest; health is loving who you are, loving life, and living life to the fullest."
comments/thoughts/critiques appreciated
Healthy At Every Size: Obesity, Health and Culture by Lisa Geoffrion, Undergraduate Student, Department of Nursing
(abstract)
"The health risks of obesity have been trumpeted loud and clear: diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure are all strongly linked to obesity. Is there a difference between looking healthy and being healthy? Western culture tells us: One can never be too rich or too thin. But the human body does not come in one cookie-cutter shape. Just as there are a range of body heights, there are a range of natural body weights. The predisposition to store different amounts of body fat is part of who we are. Our culture sends us the message that body fat is unhealthy and ugly; any fat person should feel ashamed of their moral weakness and obvious lack of self respect.
HAES, or Healthy At Every Size, is a world-wide movement that affirms that human beings are not plastic Barbie doll cut-outs, that humans come in a range of colors, heights, and shapes, and that health is much more than a BMI number.
The audience will come away from the presentation knowing that health is not a number and not a contest; health is loving who you are, loving life, and living life to the fullest."
comments/thoughts/critiques appreciated