healthism

I found you through a Google alert I have for healthism.

The Healthism of ‘Public Health’ « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009

This path lead inexorably to technocratic healthism, a kind of good-willed totalitarianism that seeks to make everything harmless.

Matthew Yglesias » Marijuana Legalization as a Revenue Enhancer 2009

Even when these are matters of personal choice, moralistic healthism is inappropriate.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore 2007

My perception has been that the truth is closer to the opposite—that is, that the left tends more towards enthusiasm and excessive credulity for healthism, while libertarians and the right tend more towards resentment and excessive skepticism.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore 2007

My perception has been that the truth is closer to the opposite—that is, that the left tends more towards enthusiasm and excessive credulity for healthism, while libertarians and the right tend more towards resentment and excessive skepticism.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore 2007

Whole Foods, junk science, healthism, and other stuff white people like

memeorandum 2010

On my blog: Whole Foods, health incentives and healthism:

Weight Maven 2010

I’m a historian of medicine, so one of the things I’m interested in is why healthism started when it did.

The Healthism of ‘Public Health’ « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009

It’s not strictly necessary for conservatives and libertarians to reject the factual claims of healthism—it’s perfectly legitimate to believe, as I do, that a food is unhealthful but that the government should butt out anyway—but I’ve noticed that a lot do reject them anyway.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore 2007

Thanks La-Di-Da for pointing out the problems with healthism I don’t like the term, but think it’s an important concept.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore 2007

This view of exercise might be best understood as “healthism,” a term coined decades ago by sociologist Robert Crawford.

The Best Reason to Exercise Is Not Weight Loss—or Even Health Shannon Palus 2023