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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great article, very enlightening. The only thing I didn’t agree with is that Black women are more likely to become depressed due to stigma about their weight. As a black woman, I’d say it’s the complete opposite. Being thick is celebrated in the black community. Not to say it’s a healthy mindset, but that’s just the way it is.

Now there could be a more nuanced study about black women who live in major cities & work around mostly white peers feeling more stigma about their weight or body type - but that’s a different conversation. [/quote]

I am Black and have been fat since I was a toddler and was shamed mercilessly for it by my family. My grandmothers and mom harped on my weight all the time and I was put on diets and inevitably developed an eating disorder (bulimia). This was down South during the 1980s. I eventually resorted to weightloss surgery and have maintained it but I think about food and my weight every minute of every day and am never happy with my body thanks to being conditioned that fat is bad as a kid. [/quote]

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