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In Defense of Fat Kids

In Defense of Fat Kids

Thinking through our culture of pediatric fatphobia, via Virginia Sole-Smith's new book, Fat Talk

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Kate Manne
Jun 25, 2023
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It feels inevitable. Novo Nordisk, which has been peddling injectable semaglutide medications like Wegovy and Ozempic (off-label) for weight loss, have now announced that they’re getting into the business of obesity prevention. They want not just to make fat people thin—an aim which I’m on the record as being deeply critical of—but even to prevent us fr…

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