Gimme a break!-----'Fat-shaming' by doctors is 'physically harmful,' prof says

'Fat-shaming' by doctors is 'physically harmful,' prof says

A psychology professor gave a lecture at an academic conference Thursday claiming that “medical fat shaming” at the doctor’s office is “mentally and physically harmful.”

Joan Chrisler asserted that doctors "repeatedly advise weight loss for fat patients" rather than CAT scans or blood work, and also commit "microaggressions" like wincing at their medical charts.

Chrisler acknowledged that it is impossible to prove causation behind her claim that fat shaming has negative health consequences, pointing out that “it would be unethical to do such an experiment.”

A psychology professor gave a lecture at an academic conference Thursday claiming that “medical fat shaming” at the doctor’s office is “mentally and physically harmful.”

“Disrespectful treatment and medical fat shaming, in an attempt to motivate people to change their behavior, is stressful and can cause patients to delay health care seeking or avoid interacting with providers,” Connecticut College professor Joan Chrisler told attendees at the 125th annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

"Medical fat shaming, in an attempt to motivate people to change their behavior, is stressful."    Tweet This

Asserting that doctors “repeatedly advise weight loss for fat patients while recommending CAT scans, blood work, or physical therapy for other, average weight patients,” she argued that “recommending different treatments for patients with the same condition based on their weight is unethical and a form of malpractice.”

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During her presentation, titled “Weapons of Mass Distraction—Confronting Sizeism,” Chrisler said there are many ways that doctors commonly microaggress against fat patients, not just in their approach to medical treatment, but even through interpersonal interactions..."

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#1 This day 1962-----Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka

[H]ardOCP: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation

[H]ardOCP: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?: 
"Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge, has written an incredible article on how the Smartphone and social media has been shaping a generation, and it does not look good. 
In it she goes into the sharp swings in characteristics including fleeting desire for independence and dating, as well as increased rates of depression, suicide, and delayed adolescence.
While this article is quite lengthy, it is full of amazing information. 
We reported a similar story last month, but this one is much more substantial. 
The small portion about childhood is stretching longer was quite interesting, and I could not even imagine not having a desire to drive. 
These massive swings in behavior, mental health, and attitude are quite worrying..."
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Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime: Report - Washington Times

Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime: Report - Washington Times:

"Deporting the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants would cost nearly $125 billion, but allowing them to remain in the U.S. could cost taxpayers far more, according to a new report being released Thursday by a think tank that wants to see stricter immigration limits."

The Scandal That Matters - WSJ

The Scandal That Matters - WSJ
"Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles International Airport July 24, while attempting to board a flight to Pakistan.
For more than a decade the congressional staffer had worked under top House Democrats, and he had just been accused by the FBI of bank fraud.
It was a dramatic moment in a saga that started in February, when Capitol Police confirmed an investigation into Mr. Awan and his family on separate accusations of government theft.
The details are tantalizing:
The family all worked for top Democrats, were paid huge sums, and had access to sensitive congressional data, even while having ties to Pakistan.
The media largely has ignored the affair, the ho-hum coverage summed up by a New York Times piece suggesting it may be nothing more than an “overblown Washington story, typical of midsummer.”
But even without evidence of espionage or blackmail, this ought to be an enormous scandal.
Because based on what we already know, the Awan story is—at the very least—a tale of massive government incompetence that seemingly allowed a family of accused swindlers to bilk federal taxpayers out of millions and even put national secrets at risk. 
In a more accountable world, House Democrats would be forced to step down..."

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History for August 5

History for August 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Guy DeMaupassant 1850, Conrad Aiken 1889, Neil A. Armstrong 1930


Loni Anderson 1946 - Actress ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), Maureen McCormick 1956 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch"), David Baldacci 1960 - Author


1861 - The U.S. federal government levied its first income tax. The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800. The wartime measure was rescinded in 1872.


1864 - During the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Adm. David G. Farragut were led into Mobile Bay, Alabama.


1921 - The cartoon "On the Road to Moscow", by Rollin Kirby, was published in the "New York World". It was the first cartoon to win a Pulitzer Prize.


1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.


1953 - During the Korean conflict prisoners were exchanged at Panmunjom. The exchange was labeled Operation Big Switch.


1964 - U.S. aircraft bombed North Vietnam after North Vietnamese boats attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.


1966 - In New York, groundbreaking for the construction of the original World Trade Center began.


2011 - Standard & Poor's Financial Services lowered the United States' AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus.

Health Rationing In England: Obese And Smokers Banned From Routine Surgery | Daily Wire

Health Rationing In England: Obese And Smokers Banned From Routine Surgery | Daily Wire:

"For those who extol the virtues of socialized medicine, and protest that it could never, never, ever lead to rationing, here’s a wake-up call from Great Britain.

Health care experts in Great Britain are warning that obese people and smokers will be routinely refused operations all across Great Britain in the very near future. The latest case in point comes from North Yorkshire, where patients having a BMI of 30 or higher and smokers will be refused routine surgery for over a year for non-life-threatening conditions.

That means standard hip and knee operations are out.
Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) stated:"

The way we were-----Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 - Saturday 11th April |...

They can’t even cut $15 million - NetRight Daily

They can’t even cut $15 million - NetRight Daily
"In the shadows of the Senate’s failure to pass Obamacare repeal, a seemingly inconsequential, but highly revealing vote took place across the Capitol.
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) offered an amendment to the so-called “minibus” spending bill that would have abolished the Budget Analysis division of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 
The amendment was defeated by a vote of 309-116;
120 Republicans, over half of the Republican conference, joined a unanimous bloc of Democrats to defeat it.  
...CBO’s forecasting deficiencies are not simply limited to health care.
The CBO drastically underestimated the total price tags of the farm bills of 2002 ($137 billion off target) and 2008 ($309 billion off target).
In 2012, when Congress authorized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to auction off spectrum, the CBO vastly undervalued the potential profit to the government at $15 billion over ten years; the first two auctions each brought in close to or more than double that amount.
Referring to an auction in 2015 that brought in roughly $41 billion in revenue and the CBO’s prediction that the auction either wouldn’t happen or would bring in no revenue at all, FCC Commissioner Jennifer Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said, “Our airwaves are extraordinarily valuable but our accounting systems for measuring them in the legislative process (CBO estimates) don’t appear to be fully up to date.”
Congress cannot continue to legislate in good faith when it knows that its own signature source of economic analysis is so deeply flawed. 
...And yet, nearly three-quarters of Congress – and over half the Republicans – couldn’t bring themselves to cut 87 employees at a cost of $15 million.
Adding insult to injury, according to Congressman Griffith, the CBO itself scored his amendment as budget-neutral, a bizarre projection for an amendment that directly cuts $15 million..."
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SHOCK: Study Shows Montgomery Would Lose 47,000 Jobs And $400 Million In Income If $15 Minimum Wage Bill Passes | Daily Wire

SHOCK: Study Shows Montgomery Would Lose 47,000 Jobs And $400 Million In Income If $15 Minimum Wage Bill Passes | Daily Wire:
"A comprehensive new study commissioned by Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) reveals that approximately 47,000 jobs would be lost if the county were to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour.
...“PFM [the Philadelphia consulting firm that conducted the study] found that increasing the minimum wage to $15 would result in an aggregate loss of $396.5 million of income in the county by 2022 as businesses laid off employees, cut remaining employee hours and benefits, and suspended plans to invest in new locations and hire additional workers,” reports The Washington Post.
This latest study echoes the findings of a study conducted by economists at the University of Washington in June. Researchers learned that Seattle’s $15 minimum wage hike negatively impacted low-wage workers.
Liberals claim to the be the party of facts, data, and science.
And yet, they conveniently ignore strong evidence that undermines their dogmatic narratives about the economy, race, and culture."