We hear so often how awful fatness is and how fat people are all going to imminently die and being fat is the worst thing ever…but is it? Are there any good sides to fatness? What about the health and mortality of fat people? Are we in fact, at an advantage? In this episode I share 28 benefits of being fat, how many can you think of? TW: brief mention of O Words
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/128
Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org
Obese patients who fall have less injury severity but a longer hospital stay than normal-weight patients: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700636/
Why I Only Want to Have Sex with Fat Bodies: By Gina Tonic https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/sex/a32823682/fat-sex/
The Weight of Medical Authority: The Making and Unmaking of Knowledge in the Obesity Epidemic, Rogers, Julia: https://www.proquest.com/openview/39a652352f0a180b82a29539ccd72f4e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
Study: Overweight People Live Longer https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20090625/study-overweight-people-live-longer?fbclid=IwAR0pJyF7CaHV6deTttRdAjIWkcwu1tkDnVVBGrWn6jgVElIs4N5LpVgQkXQ
Rethinking Obesity: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327475628_Rethinking_Obesity by Paul Ernsberger
Risk Factors for Hospitalization, Mechanical Ventilation, or Death Among 10 131 US Veterans With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770946?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weight-Stigma+Awareness+About+COVID-19%20-%204524753
Study – Body Size NOT a COVID-19 Risk Factor: https://danceswithfat.org/2020/10/05/study-body-size-not-a-covid-19-risk-factor/
Fat Dr post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRCmdRIFIg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
Fat groups:
Fat Acceptance Cloud https://www.facebook.com/groups/584497762388427/?ref=share
Fat Chat Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChatWithFatFeminists/?ref=share
Chat with Fat Feminists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChatWithFatFeminists/
