Moral Panic: Fat And Fiscal Policy

Jon Chait has a nice piece about the bizarre idea that Chris Christie’s weight should disqualify him from the presidency, correctly noting that this is a case study in obesity panic as a moral panic rather than legitimate health concern. Clearly all else being equal it’s better to exercise more rather than less, and better [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/09/30/333491/moral-panic-fat-and-fiscal-policy/

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