Medical fatphobia does serious harm to patients
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Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University and the author, most recently, of “Unshrinking: How to…
Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University and the author, most recently, of “Unshrinking: How to…
「健康状態との明確な関連性がない」「年齢や性別、人種が考慮されていない」など、BMIが“健康の指標”と言えない理由をご紹介。 肥満や低体重の判定に用いられる「BMI(ボディマス指数)」※。「現代の医療において、BMIは健康的かどうかを判断するための一つの“規…
Fat shaming is the act of making a person feel ashamed, inferior, anxious, or guilty about their body shape or size.
In an increasingly more empathetic and inclusive world, it seems like fat-shaming is still completely fair game when it comes…