The purpose of this paper is to explore the problematisation of fatness in contemporary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper draws from the catalogue of reports from journalists informed largely by an array of non-peer reviewed scientific literature documenting the relationship between fatness and COVID-19. Our method of enquiry is to examine fatness and COVID-19 through a problematisation lens that enables us to interrogate the scientific, political, and economic processes implicated in the production of fat bodies as problems. Fatness has been problematised in the COVID-19 pandemic. This has diverted responsibility for preparedness and well-being away from health systems and governments and onto the back of fat people and communities. This is unjust and unethical. In juxtaposition, fat activists around the world have challenged the problematisation of fatness and its effects, finding ways for fat people to subvert fat phobic institutions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by collectively organising to support one another. The ways in which fatness is being taken up in current COVID-19 pandemic responses diverts responsibility for health system preparedness and community resiliency to fat individuals. This is both unjust and also obstructs meaningful action to address the health inequities laid bare by COVID-19. This paper is believed to be the first to analyse the problematisation of fatness in COVID-19, highlighting that lessons can be learned about health justice in disasters from the work of fat activists during this COVID-19 pandemic.

本文的目的是探讨当代应对 COVID-19 大流行时肥胖的问题。本文来自记者的报告目录，主要由一系列非同行评审的科学文献提供信息，这些文献记录了肥胖与 COVID-19 之间的关系。我们的调查方法是通过问题化的视角来检查肥胖和 COVID-19，这使我们能够将与脂肪体产生相关的科学、政治和经济过程视为问题。在 COVID-19 大流行中，肥胖问题一直存在。这将备灾和福祉的责任从卫生系统和政府转移到了肥胖人群和社区的背上。这是不公正和不道德的。并列，世界各地的肥胖活动家对肥胖及其影响的问题提出了挑战，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，通过集体组织相互支持，找到了让肥胖者颠覆肥胖恐惧症的方法。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行应对措施中，肥胖问题的处理方式将卫生系统准备和社区弹性的责任转移到了肥胖个体身上。这既不公平，也阻碍了解决 COVID-19 暴露的健康不平等问题的有意义的行动。这篇论文被认为是第一个分析 COVID-19 中肥胖问题的论文，强调可以从 COVID-19 大流行期间肥胖活动家的工作中吸取有关灾难中健康正义的经验教训。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，通过集体组织相互支持，为胖子找到颠覆肥胖恐惧症的方法。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行应对措施中，肥胖问题的处理方式将卫生系统准备和社区弹性的责任转移到了肥胖个体身上。这既不公平，也阻碍了解决 COVID-19 暴露的健康不平等问题的有意义的行动。这篇论文被认为是第一个分析 COVID-19 中肥胖问题的论文，强调可以从 COVID-19 大流行期间肥胖活动家的工作中吸取有关灾难中健康正义的经验教训。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，通过集体组织相互支持，为胖子找到颠覆肥胖恐惧症的方法。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行应对措施中，肥胖问题的处理方式将卫生系统准备和社区弹性的责任转移到了肥胖个体身上。这既不公平，也阻碍了解决 COVID-19 暴露的健康不平等问题的有意义的行动。这篇论文被认为是第一个分析 COVID-19 中肥胖问题的论文，强调可以从 COVID-19 大流行期间肥胖活动家的工作中吸取有关灾难中健康正义的经验教训。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行应对措施中，肥胖问题的处理方式将卫生系统准备和社区弹性的责任转移到了肥胖个体身上。这既不公平，也阻碍了解决 COVID-19 暴露的健康不平等问题的有意义的行动。这篇论文被认为是第一个分析 COVID-19 中肥胖问题的论文，强调可以从 COVID-19 大流行期间肥胖活动家的工作中吸取有关灾难中健康正义的经验教训。在当前的 COVID-19 大流行应对措施中，肥胖问题的处理方式将卫生系统准备和社区弹性的责任转移到了肥胖个体身上。这既不公平，也阻碍了解决 COVID-19 暴露的健康不平等问题的有意义的行动。这篇论文被认为是第一个分析 COVID-19 中肥胖问题的论文，强调可以从 COVID-19 大流行期间肥胖活动家的工作中吸取有关灾难中健康正义的经验教训。