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Posted on Feb 20, 2004, 7 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
The activists point to some successes. Three cities — San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Washington, D.C. — and one state — Michigan — have outlawed discrimination based on size. But their central belief — that the only problem with being fat is existing in a "fat-hating society" — puts them at odds with virtually the entire medical establishment.
The activists point to some successes. Three cities — San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Washington, D.C. — and one state — Michigan — have outlawed discrimination based on size. But their central belief — that the only problem with being fat is existing in a "fat-hating society" — puts them at odds with virtually the entire medical establishment. The National Institutes of Health (news - web sites), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites), the U.S. surgeon general, the American Diabetes Assn.
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