Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer by Rodney Habib, Karen Shaw Becker

2 reviews

damnedmuddle's review against another edition

This book is full of antifat rhetoric based on debunked science for humans that is now being applied to dogs. It puts systemic issues on individual change which is irresponsible of anyone, let alone doctors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Ableism, Medical trauma, and Fatphobia

jesselopod's review

When I started reading this book it felt very sensationalist and pseudosciencey in the way that it seemed to be trying to evoke fear in me by way of persuasion. I googled the book to see how credible it was and found endless claims that the authors aren’t qualified and are problematic, so I decided it wasn’t worth my time and I would find reputable and falsifiable information elsewhere. 

On another note, while I agree that over feeding a dog can be bad for their health, this book was filled with underlying fatphobia in the parallels it was drawing to humans, and I don’t think I could handle another 400 pages of that.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, and Cancer