Good Morning America-The Weight Debate

Juju Change asks four "leaders" in the anti-obesity and fat acceptance movements to dabate whether it is okay to be fat.




To watch the full debate go to the ABC news website
http://abcnews.go.com/nightline/faceoff

Obesity Reality TV-Ruby (Style)

Ruby is a show in it's second season, I believe, but the difference is there is a single subject narrating the show. Ruby is a southern white woman who is considered obese and she is on a journey, literally and figuratively, to lose weight and travel across America and connect with people on this issue. This is an interesting show because she is driving the narrative (it seems).

Obesity Reality TV-The Biggest Loser (NBC)

The Biggest Loser is the most popular reality television show dealing with obesity in America. It is currently in it's 9th season in the US. This is a clip of the first episode of the ninth season.

The Surgeon General Regina Benjamin

This month the new Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, a southern born and raised and educated black woman, provided a boost to the health at every size movement in her address regarding a healthy and fit nation.

Let's Move Campaign

This month the First Lady Michelle Obama launched a new campaign called Let's Move. The campaign focuses on childhood obesity but from a very different angle than it has been addressed in the past. In effect she is changing the mainstream discourse from childhood obesity as the fault of the individual and individual families to a charge for the nation to improve our health, shifting the focus from the visual presentation to physical needs. This is remarkable. Check out the site letsmove.gov.