, and even more ample evidence that dietary changes to lose weight simply don’t result in long-term sustained weight loss,” she tells. “Some fat people do choose to be fat; others don’t. But regarding fatness as a ‘choice’ allows us to insist that if fat people aren’t treated with dignity or respect, it’s us who need to change — not the people who refuse to treat us decently.”
The book is structured around each myth, with reflection questions at the end of each chapter in the hopes of raising awareness while also creating actionable social change. “If a lot more people know about, decidedly un-scientific history of the BMI, that doesn’t necessarily materially change conditions for fat people,” Gordon explains.
in health care, or to end their workplace’s annual BMI weight loss challenge, then we’re getting somewhere.”