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Fat Studies Haniya Aman NorQuest College ENGL 2550 Maura Roberts Assignment 2b November 2th, 2019

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Introduction Introductory Statement: Different Thesis: There is a differences in how obesity is seen based on where you live in the world. In different cultures beauty and health are judged differently. Discrimination and stigma against overweight in western society hinders individual’s self love and results the different views around the world regarding body size. Summary of main ideas: 

Weight discrimination and its effect

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Cultural differences towards overweight

 Main Idea #1 Claim: Weight discrimination and its effect Evidence: 

Stigma attached being overweight

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Inequality overweight face

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Negative impact that causes everlasting harm

Significance: Main Idea #2 Claim: Evidence:

3 FAT STUDIES    Significance: Main Idea #3 Claim: Cultural differences towards overweight Evidence: 

Cultural factors influence food choices

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Large body sizes are viewed positively

 Significance: Main Idea #4 Claim: Evidence:    Significance: Conclusion Restatement of argument: Significance of main points: Concluding statement:

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Gardner, K., Salah, S., Leavey, C., & Porcellato, L. (2010). 'The perfect size': perceptions of and influences on body image and body size in young Somali women living in Liverpool--a qualitative study. Diversity in Health & Care, 7(1). Wang, L. (2008). Weight Discrimination: One size fits all remedy? The Yale Law Journal, 117(8), 1900-1945. Retrieved from http://auth01.norquest.ca/login?url=https://search. ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjr.10.2307.2045467&site=eds-live&scope=site Westenhoefer, J., von Katzler, R., Jensen, H-J., Zyriax, B-C., Jagemann, B., & Harth, V. (2018). Cultural differences in food and shape related attitudes and eating behavior are associated with differences of Body Mass Index in the same food environment: Cross-sectional results from the Seafarer Nutrition Study of Kiribati and European seafarers on merchant ships. BMC Obesity, 5(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s40608-018-0180-x

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Fat Studies

Research question: What is worse, discrimination due to a person’s weight or the health issue related to body size? Tara, S. (2017). The secret life of fat : The science behind the body’s least understood Organ and what it means for you. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. In this book Tara, S. (2017) uncovers the beneficial things fat do for us. The author provides information on how scientists acknowledge that fat enhances the size of our brain and how it strengthens our bones as well as our immune systems by helping to heal wounds. Tara (2017) also included that it can prolong our life, and she provides research from her case studies. This book highlights the positive aspects of body fat and that it is as essential as any other organs in our body because it is a self-sustaining organ. I intend to use this source to emphasis the important roll fat plays in our body and how we take that for granted and use it as a weapon to destroy others.

6 FAT STUDIES Wang, L. (2008). Weight Discrimination: One size fits all remedy? The Yale Law Journal, 117(8), 1900-1945. Retrieved from http://auth01.norquest.ca/login?url=https://search. ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjr.10.2307.2045467&site=eds-live&scope=site In this article Wang, L. (2008) it talks about the stigma attached to being overweight and the discrimination that people face. Wang explains that all fat people face society’s harsh judgment that fat is ugly. Fat people face discrimination and inequality “they are rejected for jobs, passed over by educators, maltreated by health care professionals, and denied equal access to health insurance” (Wang, 2008, p. 1902). I aimed to use this source because it provides enough information about the daily discrimination fat people face and the lasting impact. This source will help to prove that discrimination due to a person’s weight is the cause of everlasting harm. Westenhoefer, J., von Katzler, R., Jensen, H-J., Zyriax, B-C., Jagemann, B., & Harth, V. (2018). Cultural differences in food and shape related attitudes and eating behavior are associated with differences of Body Mass Index in the same food environment: Cross-sectional results from the Seafarer Nutrition Study of Kiribati and European seafarers on merchant ships. BMC Obesity, 5(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s40608-018-0180-x In this article (Westenhoefer et al 2018) discusses the positive value and motivation toward large body sizes in Pacific Island cultures. Individuals were identified as being strong and healthy, also beautiful and wealthy. The author stated that “there was a common greeting on the Marshall Islands: Oh, you look good; you look better than before.”(Westenhoefer et al., 2018, p. 2). “These cultural values and perceptions of body size have changed considerably during westernization in the recent decades,” (Westenhoefer et al., 2018, p. 2).

7 FAT STUDIES Nevertheless, “even when obese, they were positive about their body size and weight.”(Westenhoefer et al., 2018, p. 2). This study concludes that the conflict of social norms of shamming fat people and discriminating will cause a lack of self-love and have furthermore damage towards the victims. This source is valuable because the people of Kiribati “nominated considerably larger shapes as the “most respected” ones” (Westenhoefer et al., 2018, p. 5). This source teaches us the power of acceptance and the relief of self-guilt. I will use this source to provide supporting information about having a positive perception of fat, and the result will lead to being advantageous for a person’s self-esteem, which will allow them to have self- love....