Fatness is a dominant, although not exclusive, sociocultural framework that reinforces eating disorder behaviors in our current society. These are the papers and posts that pertain to fatness. The term "obesity" is used as that is the standard term used within peer-reviewed published papers.
First of two parts looking at binge eating disorder BED and its inclusion as a standalone eating disorder in the DSM-5 and what this means for those sure that bingeing causes BED.
The reality of gaining weight despite calorie restriction is dogmatically put down to a lack of control and not adequately ensuring the calorie restriction is consistently in place. Trouble is, the science thoroughly disproves that dogma.
A multi-part series to look at the scientific literature in depth on the topics of obesity onset and perseveration. Part II: Inactivity
A multi-part series to look at the scientific literature in depth on the topics of obesity onset and perseveration. Part I: Food Intake
Not only is obesity not a disease; it does not cause disease. In fact, it is very likely that becoming fat (i.e. the fat organ increases in size) is the body’s protective response to the appearance of chronic disease for completely distinct and far more complex reasons than burgers and couches...
As soon as it is roughly understood that a body can maintain its weight and it’s not seen as a theory as in “theoretically, faeries could exist”...
BMI doesn't reveal the presence of an eating disorder. You don't have to be emaciated to be severely energy deficient. We're so insistent that body mass and food intake are linked, we're overlooking a serious artifact in our scientific research. We've done this before too.
Aiming for a target weight includes the unwritten subtext that at some magical point you must restrict intake in order to maintain said target weight. It is one of the most serious problems of unscientific approaches to recovery from an eating disorder: that weight is supposed to be within our conscious control (it's not)...
Experts have gone down some unfortunate rabbit holes using psychiatric definitions and treatments for eating disorders. It has resulted in treatment specialists encouraging patients to expend energy on suppressing the very things that would ensure their complete recovery.
Part VIII: Misconceptions about weight correlating to various disease states.
Part VIII: Misconceptions about weight correlating to various disease states.
Part VII: The medical industrial complex and its impact on obesity.
Part VI: Misconceptions about fatness, does eating make you fat?
Part IV: Dietary fats and confusion about low-fat diets.
Part III: We Should Not Eat Fat…or Should We? Dietary fats do not generate fat in the body.
Part I: A look at our origins and our need for dietary fat.
Second of two parts looking at binge eating disorder BED and its inclusion as a standalone eating disorder in the DSM-5 and what this means for those sure that bingeing causes BED.