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What do you mean? How can a city be "fat-friendly" by policy?

• Animats 11y ago
  San Francisco Human Rights Commission, "Compliance Guidelines To Prohibit Weight and Height Discrimination"[1] "Medical providers must not make weight loss or weight gain related intervention a condition for treatment." "Employers must strive to maintain a respectful, non-hostile environment related to weight and height. Verbal or written harassment against an employee based on weight or height is prohibited. Unsolicited comments, advice, or literature recommending weight loss or gain are inappropriate." "If a tenant needs and requests an accommodation because of weight or height, it must be made if it is readily achievable. Some examples of alterations that are usually readily achievable include: installing offset hinges to widen doorways, rearranging furnishings, lowering mirrors or replacing shower doors with shower curtains. The need or potential need to make an accommodation may not be considered as a factor in the decision to select a tenant." [1] http://sf-hrc.org/sites/sf-hrc.org/files/migrated/FileCenter/Documents/LBE_EBO/EBO/Height_and_Weight.pdf http://sf-hrc.org/sites/sf-hrc.org/files/migrated/FileCenter...
  • davidw 11y ago
    I think I'd look at actual health outcomes as per the study, rather than policies like this, that may or may not make a difference.
  • Shengbo 11y ago
    Thanks. I don't necessarily see it as being "fat-friendly", they're just trying to prevent discrimination. The "widening doorways" thing might be a bit too much unless the person in question actually has a medical condition though.
  • Pxtl 11y ago
    This is accomodating reality, not the cause. Nobody wants to be fat, but if the urban form means that most people living in your city are sedentary sitting in cars for a large portion of their day, being fat is an inevitable consequence of it. Fat-acceptance policies naturally fall out of that.