Four "critical health scholars" try out Fitbits and find that they "reinforce weight stigma, fatphobia, and bullying." #SayItAintSo tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10
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We wonder where such concerns are emerging...
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This is a bad thing apparently.
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Fatness is a social construct and capitalism is adding fuel to the fire.
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The horror.
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Ohhh, we got a bunch of heroes over here.
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This will help us understand the findings.
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Impressive methods.
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Lesson #1: Setting goals is a bad thing.
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LOL, we've had the male gaze, tourist gaze and even the GoPro gaze. Now we also have the clinical gaze:
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So they're complaining that a device made to improve health is "healthist"? Wouldn't it be consumer fraud if it werent?