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Mamamia! A Logical Fallacy Extravaganza in 7 parts: Trolling, Fat-Pride, BMI and Body Image.

This is a rebuttal to a minefield of a post over at mamamia.com.au, from yet another journo seemingly in favour of the promotion of overweight, obesity and associated chronic diseases – all seemingly in disguise as the altruistic promotion of self-acceptance of body image.

I’m going to start this rebuttal by first disclosing a few potential conflicts of interest on my part:

I work as an Exercise…

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#blog analysis #chronic disease #exercise #fallacies #journalists #obesity #overweight

New Years Resolutions: Track It!

NYE Fireworks in Sydney, Australia

New Years Resolutions As we close in on Xmas, New Years Eve, and the accompanying New Years resolutions which will no doubt follow the holiday festivities and overindulgences, many of you are perhaps preparing for your New Years resolutions. While there’s nothing bad about making new years resolutions per se, I’ve never personally been a big fan of them – they’re…

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#apps #exercise #Fitness #iphone apps #new years resolutions #smartphone #training

Infographs or Misinfographs?

Infograph or misinfograph, how to tell the difference? I was inspired to look at the exercise related infographs out there after making my own. Those I analyse below were the first to come up in a Google Images search (terms: “exercise infograph”). We’ll take into account that some of these may have been targeted to a specific audience or intent rather than for general consumption, and yet…

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#aerobic #anaerobic #cardiovascular #critical thinking #exercise #exercise prescription #heart rate monitor #high intensity interval training #HIIT #Infograph #references #resistance training #RPE #skepticism #stretching

I disagree with you on the Dr Oz issue. If I were to host/fund or be associated with somebody who…

I disagree with you on the Dr Oz issue. If I were to host/fund or be associated with somebody who pedalled pseudoscience, snake-oil, or magical cures while operating in the role in which I’ve chosen to support or associate with them, then I would be explicitly supporting the things that person says or does while performing that function. It’s like saying the manager of a hotel isn’t responsible…

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