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November 5, 2009 -
Source: BBC World Service - News
Interviewed: Linda Bacon & Marilyn Wann
Is obesity cancer link fearmongering?
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September 28, 2009 -
Source: The Denver Post
Quoted: Carmen Cool, Paul Campos & Linda Bacon
More experts say fit and big can happily coexist
By Sheba R Wheeler
Anxiety about an "obesity epidemic" continues to grow in response to
almost weekly alarms and studies that report more than half of the U.S.
adult population is now overweight or obese. At the same time, the
body-acceptance movement is surging, promoting the message of loving
yourself Read more.
July 15, 2009 -
Source: The New York Times
Quoted: Deb Burgard, Steven Blair & Linda Bacon
Tossing Out the Diet and Embracing the Fat
By Mandy Katz
FIVE-FOOT-NINE and 184 pounds, Kathryn Griffith, a retired teacher in
Oakland, Calif., counted calories for decades, trying everything from
the grapefruit diet to a regimen based on cabbage soup. She also did
Weight Watchers — 27 times. “I knew it wouldn’t be successful, but I
went back anyway,” she said.
Read more.
July 15, 2009 -
Source: ABCNews.com
Quoted: Joanne Ikeda
Truth Squad: 4-Day Dieting and Other Weight Loss Trends
By Dan Childs and RadhaA Chitale (ABC News Medical Unit)
ABCNews.com rounded up some of the most popular diets to date and subjected them to the scrutiny of nutrition experts Ikeda, Katz, and Keith-Thomas Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Read more.
July 7, 2009 -
Source: The Washington Post
Quoted: Linda Bacon
It Wouldn't Kill You to Lose a Few Pounds. Or Would It?
By Jennifer LaRue Huget
These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief
that being overweight is terrible for you. We're waging war against the
obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great
threats to our society. Countless diet books and programs promise to
help us get thin because our lives depend on it. Read more .
Feb. 26th, 2009 -
Source: Chicago Free Press
Quoted: Linda Bacon, Esther Rothblum & Marilyn Wann
Are we tipping the scales? Weighing in on the issue of lesbians and obesity.
By Amy Wooten
According to national
health organizations, obesity is one of the nation’s top health
concerns, impacting nearly a third of U.S. adults, and research
indicates lesbians are not immune Read more
Feb. 4, 2009 -
Source: ABC News
Quoted: Joanne Ikeda
Working Out the Kinks in 10 Exercise Myths
Experts Tell Whether the Conventional Wisdom About Workouts Holds Up
By Joseph Brownstein
Exercise is a critical part of a healthy lifestyle, but health clubs and gyms are also home to a bulked-up trove of myths. Fortunately, ABC News OnCall+ Wellness has called on its experts to
explode some of the perennial misinformation we've all heard about
exercise Read more
January , 2009 -
Source: Plussize.lovetoknow.com
Quoted: Bill Fabrey
Interview with Bill Fabrey, Amplestuff Owner
By Mary Beth P. Adomaitis
Bill Fabrey (ASDAH Membership Chair) talks about the start & mission of Amplestuff and his involvement in NAAFA, The Council on Size & Weight Discrimination & ASDAH. Read more.
December 05, 2008 -
Source: Elle Magazine
Quoted: Dana Schuster
MEME ROTH'S WAR
The “antiobesity activist” says genes aren’t to blame for size
By Ruth Davis Konigsberg
MeMe Roth is about to get kicked out of a candy store. We’re a few feet
inside the door of Hershey’s Times Square, a megashrine to chocolate
with a 16-story façade of giant peanut butter cups and Peppermint
Patties, and the smell alone is giving me a massive head rush Read more
