The human species has a peculiar relationship with fatness. One century voluptuous figures are all the rage and the next thinness is in vogue.
Fast-forward to the 19th century. Sabrina Strings, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia, published this year, states that in her research she found that thinness has been a mainstream archetype in the US since at least the early 19th century. However, Strings’ book concentrates on the American slave trade and therefore its relationship with colour and fatness.
However, there is a flipside which can make weight issues heavier than they are. Society tends to cast a jaundiced eye at fuller figures. Researchers, RD Govender, S Al-Shamsi and Dybesh Regmi, in a study published this year, found that psychosocial factors such as weight bias affect the eating behaviour of overweight and obese people in South Africa.
It’s spiritual even🙌🏽