More Collateral Damage in the War on Obesity
Jul 31st, 2011 by pearlsong
Monday, July 25, 2011 Health At Every Size show on Radio Free Nashville
This episode featured Dr. Elam (aka PegE) & Pat (aka the Queen) further discussing the Journal of the American Medical Association commentary suggesting state intervention for very fat children, as well as a Columbus Dispatch report by Amy Saunders on the increase in "alarmingly thin" children & child hospitalizations for eating disorders in the wake of heightened cultural focus on weight. (Per the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as cited in the Dispatch article, from 1999 to 2006 eating disorders hospitalizations for children younger than 12 increased by 119 percent.)
Music includes "Freedom" by Suchi Waters Benjamin, "You're the One for Me, Fatty" by Morrissey
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