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Scientific American Accused of ‘Public Health Disinformation' After Claiming Fight Against Obesity Rooted in ‘Racism'
Ah'm still full from Thanksgiving![Breitbart] The fight against obesity is rooted in “racism,” according to a Scientific American essay that claimed black women “consistently experience weightism in addition to sexism and racism,” and the prescribing of “weight loss” has “long since proved to be ineffective.” In a tweet from the Scientific American Twitter account sharing the piece on Wednesday, the popular guide — which is the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S. — claimed the “heightened concern about black women’s weight reflects the racist stigmatization of their bodies.” Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-01 |
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