Ernest Nagel
is old
Sounds like a "must read" to me. Nothing specifically to do with fat but quite a bit about how/why we relate to one another the way we do. I'm so far behind on my reading I'll be lucky get to this before it comes out as a movie but ordered it anyway.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7171325.ece
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7171325.ece