Why Do Members of Mainstream US Society Fear or Hate

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why do members of mainstream US society fear or hate fat bodies?

• A) to distinguish themselves from 'primitive' societies, which value fat accumulation
• B) it began during the American Revolutionary War, as a way of differentiating the United States from the British (i.e., John Bull)
• C) being fat became associated with gluttony and greed during and after World War I, when food was scarce
• D) doctors in the late 18th century thought that fat was connected with cholera
• E) from social media sources starting in the 1990s

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