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The fat acceptance movement (also known by various other names, such as fat pride, fat empowerment, fat liberation, and fat activism) is a social movement which seeks to eliminate the social stigma of obesity. [4] Areas of contention include the aesthetic, legal, and medical approaches to fat people. The modern fat acceptance movement began in ...
Fat feminism, often associated with "body-positivity", is a social movement that incorporates feminist themes of equality, social justice, and cultural analysis based on the weight of a woman or a non-binary feminine person. [1] This branch of feminism intersects misogyny and sexism with anti-fat bias. Fat feminists advocate body-positive ...
Fat fetishism or adipophilia (Latin adeps - "fat" and Greek φιλία - "love") is a sexual attraction directed towards overweight or obese people due primarily to their weight and size. [1][2] A variety of fat fetishism is 'feed (er)ism' or 'gaining', where sexual gratification is obtained from the process of gaining, or helping others gain ...
Being overweight or obese has influence on the sexuality of people in various different aspects. It can include negative aspects such as stigmatization which can be an obstacle for romantic developments, sexual dysfunction and an increased chance of risky sexual behavior. It can also have positive aspects in the form of fat fetishism.
e. Social stigma of obesity is bias or discriminatory behaviors targeted at overweight and obese individuals because of their weight and high body fat percentage. [1][2] Such social stigmas can span one's entire life as long as excess weight is present, starting from a young age and lasting into adulthood. [3]
Over 70 million adults in U.S. are obese (35 million men and 35 million women). 99 million are overweight (45 million women and 54 million men). [67] NHANES 2016 statistics showed that about 39.6% of American adults were obese. Men had an age-adjusted rate of 37.9% and Women had an age-adjusted rate of 41.1%. [65]
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, [8][9][10] in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg / m 2; the ...
Lipedema is a medical condition that is almost exclusively found in women [3] and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. [2] Women of any weight may develop lipedema [2][3] and the fat associated with lipedema is resistant to traditional weight-loss methods. [4] There is no cure and typically it gets worse ...