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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 13 May 2012 01:45:56AM 9 points [-]

ill effects of following socially supported advice are likely to be kept private and/or ignored for a very long time

Sharp. I've seen this especially in dieting/weightlifting communities.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 May 2012 04:34:46AM 6 points [-]

I picked it up from fat acceptance.

The Science of Yoga (which generally supports yoga as valuable) has a chapter about the risks of yoga-- which are much higher than a lot of people in yoga knew. These days, at least some yoga teachers are working on making it safer.

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