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Deborah Lupton in her book ''Fat'' wrote:
 
Deborah Lupton in her book ''Fat'' wrote:
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{{cquote|One dominant argument in the fat activist literature concerns the issue of personal responsibility for fatness. Many fat activist writers contend that fat embodiment is not a 'lifestyle choice', as is generally presented by the anti-obesity perspective, but rather a product of a combination of genetic and other physiological factors which work together to ensure that their bodies are very efficient at storing fat tissue.<ref>''Fat'' by Deborah Lupton, page 83</ref>}}
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{{cquote|One dominant argument in the fat activist literature concerns the issue of personal responsibility for fatness. Many fat activist writers contend that fat embodiment is not a 'lifestyle choice', as is generally presented by the anti-obesity perspective, but rather a product of a combination of genetic and other physiological factors which work together to ensure that their bodies are very efficient at storing fat tissue. Fatness is therefore represented as an inherent physical attribute, like gender, skin colour, race or sexual orientation. These writers assert that fat people are not fat because they eat more than others or exercise less, or in any other way.<ref>''Fat'' by Deborah Lupton, page 83</ref>}}
    
== Rejection of the movement by the medical science community and public policy makers ==
 
== Rejection of the movement by the medical science community and public policy makers ==
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