From the second I heard about the BBC
doing an autopsy on an obese woman, I have been incredibly excited
for it. Morbid curiosity and the desire to know exactly what all the
fat I was lugging around for years was doing to my insides.
This US woman, who weighed 'only' 238
Lbs (despite being obese, that is smallfat territory to anyone who is
familiar with the Healthy at Any Size movement), and her family
graciously donated her body to science so that she could be autopsied
on TV. In her death she educated millions about what obesity looks
like on the inside, how fat causes the organs to become enlarged and
baggy, how fat marbelizes around organs, how fat directly contributes
to a poorer quality of life and eventual death.
If you're British then you probably
know where to find the BBC replays. If you're from anywhere else, “Obesity: The Post Mortem” is now
on Youtube. Watch it soon; there's no telling how long it will be
left up. Though I hope it is left up as non-British citizens deserve
to see this, especially US citizens, where our obesity rates are much
higher than Britain.
Obviously there's a gore warning as it
is an autopsy. Not safe for work, not safe for life, but if you've
ever doubted that fat was unhealthy, this documentary could save your
life too.
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