Category Archives: fat

The Times (etc.) reports the new, better version of the recent study reporting overweight people have lower death rates relative to normal weight people. The new version breaks down the risks of death by cause. As expected, overweight and obese … Continue reading →

In Slate, Will Saletan correctly criticizes the media coverage of the recent “contagious fat” study as politically slanted towards denying personal responsibility and choice, and protecting fat people from stigma, whereas the science actually supports the opposite viewpoint.