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An out-of-body risk factor; why the "obesity epidemic" has all the trappings of a moral panic; and how racism changed the way we viewed fat. (episode)
Obesity emerged early on as a risk factor for COVID-19. But is the true risk of weight actually the care bigger bodies receive?
When did we all get scared of fat?
At the beginning of the 16th century, fat was a part of the divine ideal. In the 18th century, that all changed.