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Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

Susie Orbach

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Susie Orbach
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
Journalist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
London
England
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