2. Is America's Obesity Epidemic For Real?
Freakonomics Radio
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Is Obesity a Moral Fault?
Eric Oliver is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He says he was told to lose weight by his boss, who said it made him unfit to counsel students. His BMI puts him on the range between being technically overweight and obese. "Are a lot of people anti-fat because we see obesity as a moral failing? After all, we're talking about a self-inflicted condition here"
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