discrimination

This morning I actually set out to write a blog post on how our new debt diet is making my husband and I a bit thinner (eating all that expensive takeout really packed on the pounds!). But then a friend of mine posted a link to this article on Facebook. A new research paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology finds that skinny women earn way more in the workplace their “average weight” counterparts. Women who are very thin earn nearly $22,000 more. Skinny figure = fatter paycheque.

I’ll admit it: I can be a jerk. When I run into an acquaintance (sometimes even a friend) that has lost a lot of weight I often experience a pang of jealousy. Suddenly, my pants feel very tight and I’m conscious of the fact that I still haven’t lost that frosh fifteen (I graduated in 2001…)

I love reading www.weightymatters.ca. Written by Canadian nutrition watchdog, family doctor and founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, the good doctor always makes me think and causes me to challenge my assumptions.

My friend Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, on his excellent blog Weighty Matters, says, “Yes,” obesity should be an election issue — and he’s right.

Reading a recent article in the New York Times health blog about the growing stigma of being overweight made me sad.