More on Junkfood Science

I'm way behind on Junkfood Science by Sandy Szwarc because she posts frequently and lengthily. Her posts are sometimes so long that I admit that I don't always get all the way through them, but I think I've figured out her "deal." She believes that there is no obesity epidemic and that the media is promoting health worries and hysteria about food and size by shoddy reporting that is frequently not based in fact. According to Szwarc, the facts often support the opposite of what the media is saying. I like what she is doing, especially because I hate when the media uses the concept of "health" as a smokescreen for their prejudice against fat. Szwarc is great at combatting "health" based reasoning, citing many studies that are used simply to market for weight loss as an industry.

Today I found this April 24 post: Healthy Aging Techniques that links to a hilarious article: The Healthy Boomers in the Toronto Star. This made me laugh out loud. I particularly loved the lines: "If this is not one of the two nights per week they are scheduled to make love, a schedule by which they both abide, whether they feel like it or not in order to avoid friction – a third conjugal event is optional – the Starrs will work on crossword puzzles or Sudoku to keep their minds sharp and prevent Alzheimer's later in life." The idea of reducing every activity to a recipe for health is just too funny.

Labels: blogging, fat, the world around us

posted by Miss Rachel 6/03/2007 10:11:00 AM

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