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Fat bias worse for women
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I just wanted to share, in relation to the Fat Bias, I watched an episode of True Life on MTV, and I'm sure it was an older episode, but the title of it was "I'm Obese". There was only one positive story, and it was about Black female who took her full figure and applied it to modeling, and using her friends as a support group, she stood strong and was accepted into the fashion show. The other two stories, however, were not so positive. One was a high school graduate who weighed around 300 lbs or more and who was relying on a gastric bypass to lose the weight rather than alter his diet. The other was a woman in Augusta, GA who weighed about 560, and her husband, a man who seemed obese as well, however just not as severe, did all he could to care for her. The most touching part of her tale was when she went out to dinner with her husband, something she didn't want to do, and the first thing she heard at the restaurant was a little girl say "Wow, she's so huge!" I could feel the tension when the woman asked her husband if he heard, his response was "I didn't catch all that she said," because he knew those words hurt his wife. Seeing a relationship like that was very heartwarming because the love was stronger than the weight, and the man did everything for his wife because she needed him.
Now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure the graduate, Corey, was on an episode of Dr. 90210 or something like that, and I think he finally did get an OK from his insurance to have the bypass, but I could be wrong.
The woman in Augusta also got a surgery, the one where the small intestine is attached to the top of the stomach to control her eating, and it was seen as the only way for her to lose weight because her body couldn't take the pressure. I know people often look down at surgical solutions, but sometimes it's just what you have to do.
I guess my worry would be what help the people getting surgery are getting with their emotional and psychological health. It is not normally merely a physical issue for people to get that obese. And once they are that obese, it'd be ridiculous to think that they wouldn't have serious insecurities and struggles with their condition mentally and socially.
It is great that this woman's husband was so caring toward her, but that one person is not capable of healing her mentally. That is too great a responsibility for just him. It is only through the work of professionals and loved ones that strong enough healing can occur.
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