Nope, it is a real paper. Right at the beginning, this New Zealand based whale pod says: "This is particularly evident in the ways in which pandemic responses are pushing renewed energy into the moral panic around fatness, reinforcing the problematisation of fat people as subjects of blame for poor self-management and as burdens on healthcare resources and community wellbeing." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420920315235?dgcid=raven_sd_search_email#bib52