{"id":2381359,"date":"2024-12-18T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-hires-a-morbidly-obese-activist-as-city-health-consultant\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:29:01","slug":"san-francisco-hires-a-morbidly-obese-activist-as-city-health-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-hires-a-morbidly-obese-activist-as-city-health-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Hires a Morbidly Obese Activist as City Health Consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fsan-francisco-hires-a-morbidly-obese-activist-as-city-health-consultant%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=2381359&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--><p>In a recent move\u2063 by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, they have hired\u200d Virgie\u2064 Tovar, an\u200b advocate for body\u2063 positivity and anti-weight discrimination, as \u200da consultant to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">address issues surrounding\u2063 weight \u2064stigma<\/a> and promote weight neutrality. Tovar\u2064 is known for her\u200d books that \u200bfocus on fat \u2062acceptance and has expressed excitement about\u2063 this new role, viewing it as a &#8220;dream come true.&#8221; However, the decision has sparked debate, notably regarding the priorities of the city in \u2062dealing\u2063 with\u2062 pressing issues like homelessness and crime while focusing on \u200cweight-related matters. Critics\u2062 question the effectiveness of \u200csuch a consultancy, especially as it appears disconnected from\u200d the city\u2019s more immediate challenges. Tovar&#8217;s approach suggests\u200b a reframing of discussions around health, where conventional views on diet\u2062 and \u200dweight may be discouraged in favor of a\u200d more subjective and personal interpretation of health experiences. This decision reflects a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-infighting-brings-progressive-activist-groups-to-a-standstill\/\" title=\"Mass Infighting Brings Progressive Activist Groups to a Standstill\">broader cultural conversation<\/a> about body\u2064 image and health in today&#8217;s society, raising eyebrows among some\u200c observers\u200d who view it as a controversial prioritization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The left: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is too nuts to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>Also the left: We need a pro-obesity activist as a health consultant in one of the nation&rsquo;s biggest cities.<\/p>\n<p>Look, far be it from me to say that the government should tell you, as a red-blooded American, what foodstuffs to consume. To quote the legendary fictional libertarian thinker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qS-FfNrjJNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Swanson<\/a>: &ldquo;The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up to 600 pounds and die of a heart attack at 43, <em>you can<\/em>. You are <em>free to do so<\/em>. To me, that&rsquo;s beautiful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, I&rsquo;ve never exactly heard any American also express the opinion that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-city-attorney-calls-out-teachers-unions-vaccine-demands-unlawful\/\" title=\"SF City Attorney Calls Out Teachers\u2019 Union\u2019s Vaccine Demands: \u2018Unlawful\u2019\">public health authorities<\/a> are holding our beloved country to, say, unnatural standards of thinness. But apparently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/san-francisco-rolls-free-grocery-store-big-catch-taxpayers-may-not-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco<\/a> Department of Public Health &mdash; bet you didn&rsquo;t see&nbsp;<em>that one<\/em> coming &mdash; sees that as a problem, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/san-francisco-health-department-hires-fat-positivity-expert-consult-weight-stigma-neutrality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reports they&rsquo;ve put &ldquo;a self-described &lsquo;anti-weight-based discrimination&rsquo; expert&rdquo; on the public payroll &ldquo;to consult on &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-public-health-article-pushes-to-cancel-obesity-says-weight-based-approaches-rooted-in-racism\/\" title=\"University Public Health Article Pushes To Cancel \u2018Obesity,\u2019 Says \u2018Weight-Based Approaches\u2019 Rooted In Racism\">weight stigma<\/a> and weight neutrality.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Virgie Tovar is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Virgie+Tovar&amp;crid=Q4G7N4695L95&amp;sprefix=virgie+tovar%2Caps%2C704&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author<\/a> of&nbsp; &ldquo;You Have the Right to Remain Fat&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color,&rdquo; as well as editor of the collection &ldquo;Hot &amp; Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love &amp; Fashion&rdquo; &mdash; all books that promote &ldquo;fat positivity and body acceptance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>And now, in what she calls an &ldquo;absolute dream come true,&rdquo; she announced on Instagram that she&rsquo;d be consulting San Francisco on issues of same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDqUdszPGrz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDqUdszPGrz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Virgie Tovar (@virgietovar)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m UNBELIEVABLY proud to serve the city I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theater-professor-reinstated-after-school-suspended-him-for-criticizing-students-who-cried-racism-after-seeing-names-on-a-white-board\/\" title=\"Theater Professor Reinstated After School Suspended Him For Criticizing Students Who Cried Racism After Seeing Names On A White Board\">ve called home<\/a> for almost 20 years in this way!&rdquo; she said in a Monday post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This consultancy is an absolute dream come true, and it&rsquo;s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll leave it to Fox News to (pun unintended) flesh out the backstory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/progressive-san-francisco-mayor-concedes-race-levi-strauss-heir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco&rsquo;s<\/a> newest hire:<\/p>\n<p><em>Tovar&rsquo;s website lists her as a &#8203;&rdquo;plus-size Latina author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity with over a decade of experience.&rdquo; She is a contributor for Forbes, where she covers stories on the &ldquo;plus size market.&rdquo; Her most recent articles include features about hosting a &ldquo;size inclusive&rdquo; Thanksgiving and alleged &ldquo;fatphobia&rdquo; in current TV shows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is unclear what role Tovar will play within the department. The San Francisco Department of Public Health did not respond when asked by Fox News Digital about details of Tovar&rsquo;s consultancy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I wonder why. Perhaps it&rsquo;s because a city that&rsquo;s dealing with rampant homelessness, crime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocker-san-fran-official-tasked-keeping-streets-poop-free-arrested-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug needles and feces on the streets<\/a>, fleeing tenants and residents, and a brand image as a city, in general, that falls somewhere in between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-dfw-airline-agent-slugs-woman-continues-pummel-bystanders-jump-separate-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spirit Airlines&rsquo;<\/a> in the aviation sphere and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QN4UhS8cFTk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yugo&rsquo;s<\/a> as a carmaker, has hired her as part of a fix to what&rsquo;s ailing it.<\/p>\n<p>And let&rsquo;s be clear about what her thing is &mdash; since Fox News, reporting the story objectively, declined to make value judgments on what Tovar has said in the past.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in one video, she talked about how her doctors had urged her to lose some weight.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really believed that this was about my health. I really believed my doctor was right and so I was using the language of getting &lsquo;better&rsquo; but I was actually deeply in the throes of anorexia,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>One wishes not to be mean, but one also can&rsquo;t help but to call for summary judgment on that one: Do you believe her doctors&rsquo; diagnosis, or her own? Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>Then in July, she posted about a seminar she conducted for government employees &mdash; jurisdiction unidentified &mdash; about the &ldquo;stigma around food and bodies at work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What did she teach them? &ldquo;1. Talk less or not at all about how you and others eat at work. 2. Talk less or not at all about you or others&rsquo; bodies at work. 3. Talk less or not at all about exercise at work. 4. Don&rsquo;t presume that food, weight, body size or exercise are safe or comfortable topics to discuss at work for everyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Heck, why even acknowledge that we consume food and the amount we consume is somehow connected to our bodies or our health? The idea of sustenance &mdash; and that we can over-sustain or under-sustain ourselves &mdash; is Problematic&trade;. It&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chiefs-coach-fires-back-days-fox-reporter-accused-body-shaming-post-super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustenance-shaming<\/a>, people. Let&rsquo;s get sustenance-agnostic.<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t use the word &ldquo;lunch break.&rdquo; Say that you&rsquo;re &ldquo;taking a break that has to do with a bodily function I am uncomfortable sharing with you and how dare you ask, by the way? And why did you defend yourself by saying that you didn&rsquo;t ask? And how dare you defend yourself by saying, &lsquo;no, really, I didn&rsquo;t,&rsquo; when I d my lived experience that you did?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I kid. I think. I hope.<\/p>\n<p>The whole thing, in honesty, reminded me of Tom Wolfe&rsquo;s famous essay about San Francisco government do-gooders, &ldquo;Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.&rdquo; I wasn&rsquo;t alone; John Loftus, editor at large for the Daily Caller, also noted how this reeks of that 1970 piece, &ldquo;which chronicles the hilarious exchanges between young, militant San Francisco residents who would shake down the white, liberal bureaucrats at the Office of Economic Opportunity and pressure the dorks to divert cash to their preferred ethnic groups.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can imagine Tovar thundering into the Department of Health Office, crashing down some doors,&nbsp;<em>demanding<\/em> they throw her some cash so she can make PowerPoints about fat-shaming, with neat little sound effects, as well, and feel good about herself,&rdquo; he wrote in the Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/12\/17\/fat-shaming-expert-virgie-tovar-san-francisco-health-department-consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editorial<\/a>. &ldquo;I can also imagine the city bureaucrats quaking in the presence of such a colossal force of nature, such a brilliant mind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m sure he thought and hoped he was kidding about that scenario, too &mdash; and the assessment of the &ldquo;brilliant mind&rdquo; they&rsquo;d put on city payroll. 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Kennedy Jr. is too extreme to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, yet simultaneously supports hiring a pro-obesity advocate as a health consultant in a major city. While I believe individuals should have the freedom to choose their diets, it\u2019s surprising to see public health authorities being accused of imposing unrealistic standards for body weight. The San Francisco Department of Public Health has reportedly hired Virgie Tovar, an expert on &#8220;anti-weight-based discrimination,&#8221; to address issues related to weight stigma and neutrality. Tovar is known for her books promoting body positivity and fat acceptance, and she expressed her excitement about this consultancy role on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Tovar&#8217;s background includes contributions to Forbes on topics like the plus-size market, but it&#8217;s unclear what specific responsibilities she will have within the department. The city&#8217;s decision comes amid significant challenges such as homelessness and crime, raising questions about whether this hire addresses more pressing issues facing San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Tovar has previously shared experiences where she felt pressured by doctors regarding her weight loss but later recognized that these concerns were tied to her struggles with anorexia. She also conducted seminars advising government employees against discussing food or body image at work\u2014suggesting that acknowledging our relationship with food could be problematic.<\/p>\n<p>This situation evokes memories of Tom Wolfe&#8217;s essay critiquing San Francisco&#8217;s bureaucratic culture, highlighting how activists often pressure officials for funding based on their agendas. It seems ironic that while RFK Jr.&#8217;s views are dismissed as extreme, Tovar\u2019s approach is embraced by those same circles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2381360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tovar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14436,47037,47038,32422],"class_list":["post-2381359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-activism","tag-health-consultant","tag-morbidly-obese","tag-san-francisco"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tovar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381363,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381359\/revisions\/2381363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}