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Dates: during 1988-1988
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Psychologist and Author Rita Freedman of Scarsdale, N.Y., sees the emergence of what she calls fattism, an inclination to associate thinness with prettiness and goodness, and obesity with lassitude and lack of discipline. The way to salvation is, in Barsky's ironic words, a "tanned, trim, taut, toned body" that will be an objet d'art, a masterpiece to be "treasured, meticulously inspected and painstakingly maintained in peak condition." Unfortunately for most Americans, who tend to be groaners and sweaters, that remains an unattainable ideal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: A Nation of Healthy Worrywarts? | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

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