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Deborah Lupton in her book ''Fat'' wrote:
Deborah Lupton in her book ''Fat'' wrote:
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
{{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 <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 ==