The Good, the Bad and the WTF?

The Good

A doctor in Canada is talking about what I have said all along that yoyo dieting has a lot to do with people getting heavier. I probably would have been fat but if I hadn't gone on diets I probably would have weighted a good 50 lbs less right now. Not only did he blame yoyo-ing but said that exercise while beneficial did not really help weight loss. He also said:  "I think one of the biggest misconceptions when we talk about obesity in general is that obese people are obese largely because of their lifestyles and because of the way that they live," Dr. Arya Sharma of the University of Alberta, told CBC News.

The Bad 

Stephens College prostituted itself by going on a weight loss challenge. They lost a certain amount of weight and dignity, because some anonymous woman offers them a million dollars to do it. Now when they regain the weight, will they have to give it back? 

The WTF

I don't know really where to start with the Gymanimals. Should I start with the anti-fat rhetoric? The encouragement of eating disorders? The stereotypical gender roles? The terrible clip art graphics? The horrible music that won't shut off? Or the fact when I searched for the URL, google suggested gay animals? (I would much rather have seen a site about a gaggle of gay gooses.)

The gymanimals the latest site to exploit fat children would like boys to be big and buff and girls to be thin and dainty. Probably what bothered me the most was the anorexic villain. This site villifies not only fat children but children with eating disorders as well. And sites like this only encourage more eating disorders and bad habits. Better to send the animals back into the wild where they can eat and move normally.