Woke universities' newest social justice crusade: Fighting 'fatphobia' - News Summed Up

Woke universities' newest social justice crusade: Fighting 'fatphobia'


"Health justice" is becoming a new woke agenda item in universities across the country, as progressive academics try to eliminate "fatphobia," or the cultural stigmatization of obesity, including scrapping the word "obesity" itself. OBESTIY: MORE THAN HALF OF YOUNG ADULTS ARE OVERWEIGHT, STUDY SAYS"The incidence of weight stigma has increased by 66 percent with the rise of public health campaigns to end the ‘obesity epidemic,’" the school says. Do you want to know the difference between the Body Positivity and the Body Neutrality Movements?" CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn February, Claremont McKenna College in California hosted a lecture called, "Fatphobia and Capitalism," by Ragen Chastain, a self-described "fathlete." The apparent trend in college campuses addressing fatphobia follows a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study last year that found more than half of young American adults, ages 18-25, are either overweight or obese.


Source: Fox News May 18, 2022 19:33 UTC



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