Editing Fat acceptance movement (section)

{{Short description|Social movement seeking to change anti-fat bias in social attitudes}}
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[[File:LA2-vx06-konsthallen-skulptur.jpg|thumb|The sculpture of two women in bronze, ''Jag tänker på mig själv – Växjö'' ( 'I am thinking of myself - Växjö') by Marianne Lindberg De Geer, 2005, outside the art museum (Konsthallen) in [[Växjö]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vaxjo.se/sidor/se-och-gora/kultur-och-noje/konst-och-sevardheter/vaxjo-konsthall/offentlig-konst/dold-sida-offentlig-konst/bronskvinnorna.html |title=Bronskvinnorna |website=Växjö Kommun |language=sv |trans-title=The Bronze Women |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society/obesity-over-time |title=Obesity over time |website=OpenLearn}}</ref> Its display of one thin woman and one fat woman is a demonstration against modern society's obsession with outwardly appearances. The sculpture has been a source of controversy in the town, with both statues being vandalized and repaired in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roxvall |first=Anna |date=30 November 2006 |title=Skulpturer rör upp känslor i Växjö |language=sv |work=Svenska Dagbladet |url=https://www.svd.se/skulpturer-ror-upp-kanslor-i-vaxjo |access-date=2020-07-25 |issn=1101-2412}}</ref>]]
The '''fat acceptance movement''' (also known by various other names, such as '''fat pride''', '''fat empowerment''', '''fat liberation''', and '''fat activism''') is a [[social movement]] which seeks to eliminate the [[social stigma of obesity]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |title=The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update |journal=Obesity |date=2009-05-01 |issn=1930-739X |pages=941–964 |volume=17 |issue=5 |doi=10.1038/oby.2008.636 |pmid=19165161 |first1=Rebecca M. |last1=Puhl |first2=Chelsea A. |last2=Heuer |s2cid=152352 |doi-access=}}</ref> Areas of contention include the [[aesthetic]], [[legal]], and [[medical]] approaches to fat people.

The modern fat acceptance movement began in the late 1960s. Besides its political role, the fat acceptance movement also constitutes a subculture which acts as a social group for its members.<ref name="Rothblum and Sondra Solovay 2009 xi">{{cite book |last=Wann |first=Marilyn |editor=Esther Rothblum, Sondra Solovay |title=The Fat Studies Reader |chapter=Foreword: Fat Studies: An Invitation to Revolution |year=2009 |publisher=New York University Press |isbn=9780814776407 |page=xi |url=https://archive.org/details/fatstudiesreader0000roth |url-access=registration |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> The fat acceptance movement has been criticized for not adding value to the debate over human health, with some critics accusing the movement of "promoting a lifestyle that can have dire health consequences".<ref name="ABC2012">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=7823614&page=1 |title=Fat Acceptance: 'Young, Fat and Fabulous' Say No to Yo-Yo Diets |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |access-date=July 23, 2012 |date=2009-06-15}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/health/22fblogs.html |title=In the Fatosphere, Big Is In, or at Least Accepted |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 22, 2012 |date=2008-01-22}}</ref><ref name="articles.cnn.com">{{cite web |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-06/health/fat.acceptance_1_heart-health-metabolic-syndrome-obesity?_s=PM:HEALTH |title=Is the fat acceptance movement bad for our health? |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723182528/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-06/health/fat.acceptance_1_heart-health-metabolic-syndrome-obesity?_s=PM:HEALTH |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>