Fat Talk cid_5129 drawing on his twenty years

drawing on his twenty years of experience

Somehow is classic Anne Lamott: funny

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Fat Talk cid_5129 drawing on his twenty yearsKids learn, as weve all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they arent. And multibillion dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. Weve fought the war on obesity for over forty years and Americans arent thinner or happier with their bodies. But its not our kids or their weight who need