For years, Greta Christina was involved in the "fat acceptance" movement and largely dismissed the abundant medical science data indicating the negative health effects of being overweight. Her "fat acceptance" beliefs were altered though when she had some serious knee problems which caused her to lose excess weight.<ref>[http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2010/12/caught-between-fat-and-thin.html Caught Between Fat and Thin: When a Fat Acceptance Advocate Takes Off the Pounds] by [[Greta Christina]]</ref> Within the feminist movement there a branch of feminism called fat feminism. The lesbian population in the [[Western World]] has a significantly higher rate of obesity (see: [[Lesbianism and obesity]]). A 2007 picture of an overweight Greta Christiana can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/black_pearl_10/945788365/ HERE]. | For years, Greta Christina was involved in the "fat acceptance" movement and largely dismissed the abundant medical science data indicating the negative health effects of being overweight. Her "fat acceptance" beliefs were altered though when she had some serious knee problems which caused her to lose excess weight.<ref>[http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2010/12/caught-between-fat-and-thin.html Caught Between Fat and Thin: When a Fat Acceptance Advocate Takes Off the Pounds] by [[Greta Christina]]</ref> Within the feminist movement there a branch of feminism called fat feminism. The lesbian population in the [[Western World]] has a significantly higher rate of obesity (see: [[Lesbianism and obesity]]). A 2007 picture of an overweight Greta Christiana can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/black_pearl_10/945788365/ HERE]. |