{"id":1920686,"date":"2023-04-28T03:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fat-acceptance-activist-insists-childhood-obesity-isnt-a-problem-after-all-thats-just-white-supremacy\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T03:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:57:28","slug":"fat-acceptance-activist-insists-childhood-obesity-isnt-a-problem-after-all-thats-just-white-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fat-acceptance-activist-insists-childhood-obesity-isnt-a-problem-after-all-thats-just-white-supremacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Acceptance Activist Insists Childhood Obesity Isn\u2019t A Problem After All \u2014 That\u2019s Just White Supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffat-acceptance-activist-insists-childhood-obesity-isnt-a-problem-after-all-thats-just-white-supremacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1920686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>De-stigmatizing Obesity for Kids: The Newest Frontier of the Fat Acceptance Movement<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least, that\u2019s the goal of author Virginia Sole-Smith. Her new book \u201cFat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture\u201d advocates for parents learning to embrace their overweight children just the way they are. She also believes in letting kids eat whatever they want, including candy and sweets, without forcing them to try vegetables or enjoy balanced meals of traditionally healthy foods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Case for Letting Kids Eat What They Want<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author, who describes herself as an \u201canti-diet journalist,\u201d spoke with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/interview-virginia-sole-smith-parenting-fatphobia.html#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Cut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about some of her thoughts on kids and diet. In the article titled \u201cWhat If You Weren\u2019t Scared of Your Kid Being Fat?\u201d Sole-Smith said that one of the most common questions parents ask is how often their kids should be able to eat certain foods. Using the example of ice cream, she gave her usual response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere are seven days in a week. Your child can have ice cream seven days a week. There is no law against this,\u201d she said, while insisting that if a parent inquired over their teenager asking for an entire box of Oreo cookies, her response would be, \u201cPour a glass of milk \u2014 so they can dunk them?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 41-year-old mother of two makes the argument that limiting certain foods just makes them more appealing to kids. Her approach assumes that children learn self-control by not having any rules at all, thereby making sugary treats less exciting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cVegetables are the least important part of it to me,\u201d she told the publication. \u201cThey have their whole lives to decide if they want to eat kale.\u201d Sole-Smith also described some of the dinner rules at her house, which include, \u201cNo pressure\/Listen to your body\u201d and \u201cYou don\u2019t have to earn dessert.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Other Side of the Argument<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sole-Smith attempts to \u201cdebunk\u201d the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by arguing that society\u2019s fear of fatness could be more detrimental than minors being overweight. \u201cThe real danger to a child in a larger body is how we treat them for having that body,\u201d she writes in \u201cFat Talk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/childhood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CDC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> called childhood obesity a \u201cserious problem\u201d which leads to problems including \u201chigh blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems such as asthma and sleep apnea, and joint problems.\u201d They reported that 19.7% of children aged 2 to 19 were classified as obese according to BMI charts. That\u2019s 14.7 million children and adolescents who could face health problems due to their weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Debate Continues<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As more and more people advocate for fat acceptance, it\u2019s only a matter of time before activists decide that overweight kids existing on a diet of candy and soda should just be left to live as they please. Who are we to judge?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De-stigmatizing obesity for kids may be the newest frontier of the fat acceptance movement. At least, that\u2019s the goal of author Virginia Sole-Smith. Her new book \u201cFat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture\u201d advocates for parents learning to embrace their overweight children just the way they are. 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