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Poverty and oppression make people fatter

A common fat-phobic belief is that fat people are fat because they overeat. A recent submission to @facebooksexism​ perfectly illustrates this stereotype and the harmful classist attitudes it perpetuates: 

Like most fat-phobic beliefs, this stereotype is completely wrong.

It is well accepted in public health science that food insecurity – which is the lack of consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living – predicts higher body weight. 

Some reasons for this association include:

Limited resources and lack of access to nutritious, affordable foods. Heavily processed, low-nutrition foods are usually cheaper, but are more calorie dense and less satisfying to eat.  

Cycles of food deprivation and overeating. Low income people often run out of money for necessities like food before their next paycheck arrives, resulting in extended periods of hunger and starvation followed by periods of compensatory eating when the paycheck arrives. Such eating patterns cause weight gain over time.

High levels of stress, anxiety, & depression, all of which cause physiological changes resulting in weight gain over time.

Limited access to health care. Many chronic health conditions, like polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid dysfunction, and type II diabetes, cause weight gain when left untreated. 

All of this means that systematic oppression causes people to be fat for reasons that are outside of their personal control, and that poor fat people are not lying when they report that they cannot afford to put food on the table. Stop spreading the harmful, oppressive, and fat-phobic belief that you can judge a person’s nutrition or eating habits by the size of their body.   

- Mod D

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Because I have no life, I made for myself a sketchbook. Art from koikii.deviantart.com. 

Derrick Chew

I’ve got some very exciting news to share today.

I AM GOING TO BE RELEASING A BOOK!!

It’s called “Adulthood is a Myth” and features 109 comics, including 30 brand new comics exclusive to the book.  It’s now up for preorder here and will be available wherever books are sold on March 8th. You can also get a sneak peek of some of the newer comics by following that link. 

Oh, AND, due to some amazing feat of technology, my sweater on the book cover is fuzzy to the touch. So trust me, getting a physical copy is worth it!

I really liked how subtle the ending was.