Fort
Frances Times
Tue,
5 May 2009
Hi Paul,
Dear
editor:
My group
is working together to help fight obesity, but we want to expose weight bias
stigma and discrimination.
This is
the undertow of the obesity crisis.
I am
working to create a nation-wide action plan for obesity. Let’s measure fitness
using treadmills, blood pressure, and actual devices that can tabulate health.
Fitness
comes in all sizes, and we want to shift the focus away from scales.
We are
fighting obesity, but we are not fighting obese people. That small change may
help to find partners in this process.
Our
health care system and the media need an education on weight bias and stigma.
Seventy percent of doctors stigmatize the individual, and the media has
championed the dieting industry.
When does
a diet fail? Diets never fail but people carry the blame. Just dial into the
feedback on actress Kirstie Alley, a former diet industry spokesperson.
Kirstie
has been vilified in the media and has been banished by the very industry she
championed. Is she lazy, unmotivated, unhealthy, and displaying a lack of
willpower? This is blame, and it works very well as it isolates the individual.
You can
add 2,000 Americans to that list in a single day because 2,000 U.S. citizens
will be diagnosed with Type 2 or sugar diabetes each day.
Nine U.S.
states are sending children home with BMI scores that many NFL players would
not pass. The tragedy is that these children are fighting obesity and the
weight bias stigma and discrimination.
Let’s
promote a discussion about obesity: fast food advertising, poverty, level of
education, urban versus rural perspectives, media influences, and the
weight-loss industry. I am eager to find an easy, smart, weight-loss pharma
solution, but the real key for me is developing a healthy food marriage.
All foods
in balance and as we develop a 20- to 40-point action plan, the key will be to
find volunteers to help carry this message: That obesity is a by-product, and
we need a real action plan.
I want to
welcome all communities and citizens of Northern Ontario to my current Blog:
Let’s
build this action plan together and end our scaling focus.
Thanks,
Paul Murphy
Thunder Bay, Ont.
Date:
Tue, 5 May 2009 11:59:19 +0000
> From: mail@supportforweightlloss.ning.com
> To: paul_murphy747@hotmail.com
> Subject: On Support for Weight Loss - Uk and Ireland: Please join this group to fight fatism, demand fair treatment and get real help
>
> A message to all members of Support for Weight Loss - Uk and Ireland
>
> The following is a copied and pasted message on our site by Paul Murphy. Paul is so excited about this that originally I think that everyone thought he was selling something. But Paul is simply passionate about making a difference. Fatism exists and government directives in health care etc seem to demonise the fat person but yet that same government is happy to prop up the very companies that are making pure muck for us to put in our bodies. This is double standards. Here’s what paul says.
>
> I want to offer support and some understanding about the current model. The fault based model includes , unhealthy eating ,lack of willpower ,laziness ,lifestyle and personal accountability. I want to move the camera lens to include many factors that are able to slip past.
> I have started a group so that they will join me in reviewing materials .I am tired of seeing others get mistreated due to obesity, and I hope you will join me in this effort to expose this bias. The Rudd Center @ Yale is featured in many videos. They are AGAINST OBESITY ----------- BUT NOT AGAINST OBESE PEOPLE. All over the world people are desperate. Some young girls will swallow a live tape worm ,so as to fight off obesity.
> We need to expand our thinking of the issue and challenge PAID FOR SCIENCE . Lets demand some real disclosure on this issue.
>
> Please also join Pauls group as I believe he is spear heading a cause which will not only stop demonising people but also be the foundation upon which real help can be offered.
>
> From: mail@supportforweightlloss.ning.com
> To: paul_murphy747@hotmail.com
> Subject: On Support for Weight Loss - Uk and Ireland: Please join this group to fight fatism, demand fair treatment and get real help
>
> A message to all members of Support for Weight Loss - Uk and Ireland
>
> The following is a copied and pasted message on our site by Paul Murphy. Paul is so excited about this that originally I think that everyone thought he was selling something. But Paul is simply passionate about making a difference. Fatism exists and government directives in health care etc seem to demonise the fat person but yet that same government is happy to prop up the very companies that are making pure muck for us to put in our bodies. This is double standards. Here’s what paul says.
>
> I want to offer support and some understanding about the current model. The fault based model includes , unhealthy eating ,lack of willpower ,laziness ,lifestyle and personal accountability. I want to move the camera lens to include many factors that are able to slip past.
> I have started a group so that they will join me in reviewing materials .I am tired of seeing others get mistreated due to obesity, and I hope you will join me in this effort to expose this bias. The Rudd Center @ Yale is featured in many videos. They are AGAINST OBESITY ----------- BUT NOT AGAINST OBESE PEOPLE. All over the world people are desperate. Some young girls will swallow a live tape worm ,so as to fight off obesity.
> We need to expand our thinking of the issue and challenge PAID FOR SCIENCE . Lets demand some real disclosure on this issue.
>
> Please also join Pauls group as I believe he is spear heading a cause which will not only stop demonising people but also be the foundation upon which real help can be offered.
>
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