canadian research finds hip fracture rates have dropped among the elderly and one of the reasons may be because our bottoms are bigger.
the decline in fracture rates started about 25 years ago.
the university of manitoba research concludes new drugs to fight osteoporosis certainly play a part but
overweight people tend to suffer less from osteoporosis because they have more bone-strengthening hormones circulating in their bodies and more padding to protect hips during falls. underweight people are also more at risk of osteoporosis.

Y'know, I'd *love* to hear more personal stories about how you've been oppressed because of status as a Person Of Heft. I think relating incidents of society squelching your human potential or smothering your spirit solely because of your size would be compelling and enlightening…more riveting than generalizations.

I think some fat people — and I would include me among them — could benefit from an honest and soul-searching examination of how much they're really being Held Down By The Man because of the pounds, and how much they're projecting or inferring or predicting the fat-bashing.

Just as I don't deny there's abundant racism still in today's society, it seems sometimes that some people of colour are too quick to assume a racist motive when they're denied something or fail at something…surely it's the case sometimes, or even a lot of the time. How much of the "society hates me cuz I'm fat" stuff is real, and how much of it is misattribution or cop-out? I'm not suggesting that you're doing that now or have ever done that… but I'd love to hear more about your thoughts on the process.

The post you are referencing is a bit old, at that point I was not happy with how I was treating my body. Since then I have made some changes and have been feeling much better.

The majority of my problems stem from poor stress management. With a combination of counseling, exercise, relaxing techniques (such as meditation and stretches) and a better diet I am slowly getting a handle on my problems.

The thing is–I would have the same issues whether I was fat, slim or sideways.

Whether my excellent resistance to common illnesses is a result of my extra fat cells or not, however is up for discussion. I'm the only one in my family that doesn't get ill when everyone else does.

And to whomever made the point about not seeing obese people in their 90s–did it ever occur to you that the fat on these people was used up through a series of "old people" illnesses over the years? Maybe *that* is why they even reached their 90's. When you fall ill you need your fat supplies to help you through it.

Anyway, People can debate about this as much as they want and draw conclusions about me, too. Fact is, none of you know me, nor how I feel exactly about the subject of being fat. I just wrote about it because I was tired of being picked on and singled out because I was fat, rather than because of my formidable accomplishments in life. Fat people get a bad rap in this world. I agree that everyone should strive to be as healthy as they can (and if that involves losing weight, so be it) but I don't agree that it's ok to negatively stereotype all larger people the way it has been going on.

When you think of me as a fat person; am I a PERSON, or am I just a blubbery eating-machine?

I agree – I'm a bigger girl (good German/Russian stock) and people are SHOCKED when I tell them that I hover around 180lbs.

Healthy is not a matter of the size of your freaking jeans – it's a matter of your, well, HEALTH!!!!

Stumbled.

"Race" (which, scientifically speaking, does not exist), age, cultural background, sex — those are things you're born with. You [with rare exception] can't or don't change them.

But most folks seem to believe that body mass is something that people have control over. And if they observe that someone appears to have lost control over it, they make conclusions about the person.

Now, the OP seems to suggest that fat people are stuck being fat, and fat's not inherently unhealthy, so everyone should just get over it. If one believes that, then one can easily agree with that. If we conclude that science is bunk, fat is only a danger (or health expense, or society impedence, or whatever) "except in the most extreme cases (i.e., being underweight or so fat you’re immobilized)", and that the real problem is poor nutrition and sedentery lifestyle …. *and* that diets don't work, so why bother trying … well, then, there's no personal accountability involved in how large someone is, so all y'all muthafuckaz who hate on fat people are dead wrong and should stfu. Seriously.

If those assumptions are correct, I'm 110% behind it. It's like hating dark-skinned people because they're dark-skinned….even beyond, because dark-skin-haters usually make assumptions about the inherent qualities having dark skin brings….as dead-ass wrong as they are about that.

Anyway, that's the difference between the other isms and anti-fattyism. People think others have some kind of choice in how fat they are. Folks are welcome to argue that there's no choice involved, which is one strategy for shutting the chubby-haters up.

There were several people's tweets that I saw that upset me.

So I decided to rant in my blog.

It's not really attack against anyone (that would be hypocritical of me) just a venting of frustrations against society in general. Everyone thinks that you're not leading a healthy lifestyle if you're fat–but some people DO lead a healthy lifestyle and are either still fat, or not down to an "acceptable" size just yet.

I just wish that people wouldn't immediately associate being fat with being a disgusting couch potato. Everyone has their own story as to how/why they are fat.

(For the record I have neither couch nor potato in my house!)

LOL

A new study finds women with extra fat around their waists are
more likely to develop asthma.
The California Teachers Study of more than 88-thousand women
found a 37 per cent increased incidence of asthma among women with a waist circumference of about 35 inches — even if they were of normal weight.
Study author Julie Von Behren says abdominal fat is visceral fat,
which is more biologically active and has been linked to diabetes
and heart disease.
She says fat around the waist could be acting in some inflammatory way.
Whatever the reason, Von Behren says the association with asthma provides yet another reason not to put on extra weight.

I understand that one of the OP's points is that you can't shame someone into good health. I don't see this as a shame thing — I don't see people saying "you're morally wrong for being fat….and it'll kill you." I see doctors saying "fat….will kill you" and other people saying "you're morally wrong for being fat."
Just as I see doctors say "smoking will kill you" and everyday folks saying "smokers are scum". Mixing the messages and blaming one for the other? Well, history has shown what we get for fighting the wrong enemy.