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Weight, Fat Shaming, Fed Up the Movie, Jonathan Gold's 101
Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenIs fat shaming worse in LA than in other cities? Plus, we discuss the new documentary Fed Up with its creators and Jonathan Gold previews his 101 best restaurants.
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5 storiesIs LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can you Fat Shame a Man?
Writer, actor and comedian Jen Curran moved to Los Angeles last year and was surprised to find a city full of bullies. She wrote a piece for the site XO Jane called I moved to Los Angeles and was Publicly Shamed for Being Overweight .
Read the story10 minHealth at Every Size
Dr. Linda Bacon is a professor of Nutrition and the author of the new book Health at Every Size : The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. She aims to debunk the cultural assumption that weight is the root cause of health problems.
Read the story10 minFed Up, the Movie
Fed Up is a new documentary that asks why America's rate of obesity and disease have skyrocketed in recent decades, despite established health guidelines and a proliferation of low fat products and gym memberships. Director Stephanie Soechtig and producer Laurie David discuss the making of the film.
Read the story14 minBig Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
Dr. Robert Lustig is a professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco. His youtube lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth , has been viewed over four million times. He is also the author of Fat Chance and is one of the prominent voices in the new documentary Fed Up.
Read the story14 minJonathan Gold's 101
Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.
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