Cognitive Dissing: Embracing Obesity?


Our unique ability, as humans, to rationalize behaviors (no matter how absurd) is one of our greatest gifts: "I bought this because I needed it," "I didn't overpay, I got a bargain," etc.

Now, add "being overweight isn't unhealthy, it's a lifestyle!" to the list.

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A spate of recent articles reports on those that embrace being fat and blog about it.