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The Medicalization of Fatness in Political Rhetoric

The Medicalization of Fatness in Political Rhetoric

In 2025, American society continues to grapple with the consequences of framing fatness as a medical crisis — a narrative that has seeped beyond clinics and into the cultural bloodstream. As political leaders double down on obesity as a national emergency or an “obesity epidemic to be specific, sociologists and activists warn that the real […]

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