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2022-12-24 21:34:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8994860E462F1A94C71F3FF7083F5A7415D66AE65A62452736A54150C709437
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The articles main claims are that: 1) Black women suffer from weightism because of long-held racist beliefs that African Americans are unable to control their eating habits. 2) Doctors blame their weight gain on above racist belief and fail to consider real health problems. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-racist-roots-of-fighting-obesity2/
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