Disney shuts 'obesity' exhibit
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March 4, 2012, Sunday
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OBESITY experts on Friday applauded Walt Disney World for shuttering a new attraction that drew fierce criticism for its potential to shame overweight children and misrepresent the causes of the global obesity crisis.
"I think they (Disney) likely subscribed to that common misconception that this is something we should just be able to push away from the table and cure," said Ottawa bariatric surgeon Yoni Freedhoff, whose blog post sparked a public outcry over the attraction at Walt Disney Co's Florida theme park.
Disney last month unofficially opened the interactive exhibit called "Habit Heroes" at Epcot, one of the sites at the park, and unveiled a companion online game.
In both, svelte heroes, "Callie Stenics" and "Will Power," combat fat and misshapen villains with names like "Lead Bottom" and "The Snacker."
Freedhoff blogged on February 23 about what he called the "horrifying" exhibit. Disney closed it two days later.
"I think they (Disney) likely subscribed to that common misconception that this is something we should just be able to push away from the table and cure," said Ottawa bariatric surgeon Yoni Freedhoff, whose blog post sparked a public outcry over the attraction at Walt Disney Co's Florida theme park.
Disney last month unofficially opened the interactive exhibit called "Habit Heroes" at Epcot, one of the sites at the park, and unveiled a companion online game.
In both, svelte heroes, "Callie Stenics" and "Will Power," combat fat and misshapen villains with names like "Lead Bottom" and "The Snacker."
Freedhoff blogged on February 23 about what he called the "horrifying" exhibit. Disney closed it two days later.
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