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Spring 1998
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(Traditional Approach) |
(Health At Every Size) |
| Everyone needs to be thin for good health and happiness. | Thin is not intrinsically healthy
and beautiful, nor is fat intrinsically unhealthy and unappealing.
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| People have different body shapes and sizes because they have no willpower, eat too much and move too little. | People have different body shapes and sizes. This naturally-occurring range will likely be larger in cultures with increasing food supplies and decreasing physical activity. It also may be increased by dieting. |
| Eveyone can be thin, happy and healthy by dieting. | Dieting usually leads to weight gain, decreased self-esteem and increased risk for eating disorders. True health and happiness involve a dynamic interaction among mental, social, spiritual and physical dimensions of the human experience. |
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Spring 1998