You’ve heard of Big Oil, Big Tech and Big Pharma. Now it has been revealed that there is another player in this game: Big Ice Cream: San Francisco’s new consultant on “weight stigma” is a pro-fat activist promoted by the food industry. On Monday, Virgie Tovar, the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, announced the new role […]
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