Introduction
We almost completely accept that fatness is a problem. And yet is it truly? How do we know or not? And what does that mean about fat folks in society and especially in healthcare. What are we not considering? In this episode, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, Jeffrey Hunger PhD and I, explore all of this and more.
This episode explores:
- Health and weight links and what’s lost in translation as these links go to popular media
- The parallels between sexual orientation and weight being presented as under one’s control to "fix"
- Why the health outcomes of fat people shouldn't be surprising
- The framework of weight research to begin with
- The power of language, lived experience and asking different questions - and how as professionals especially once we know better, we do better
- The impact of healthism in this space and conversation
- Top-down and bottom-up approaches to shift away from stigmatising healthcare + the obstacles that are there
Resources mentioned:
- PAPERS
- Weight bias among professionals treating eating disorders: attitudes about treatment and perceived patient outcomes, 2014 study
- A study on The Impact of Weight Stigma on Caloric Consumption
- A 2017 study on Health-related shame: an affective determinant of health?
- Looking at the stereotype threat and the exercise/dietary health intentions of overweight women in this study
- Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity
- The Ironic Effects of Weight Stigma by Dr Hunger
- An Evidence-Based Rationale for Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy the paper co-authored by Dr Hunger that must be read!
- Weight stigma and health behaviors: evidence from the Eating in America Study
- How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health
- A seminal paper in this field is The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss
- BOOKS
- The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
- Health at Every Size, Radical Belonging and Body Respect by Lindo Bacon
- What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
- ACCOUNTS
- Ragen Chastain
- Lacey-Jade Christie
- Michelle Elman
- Virgie Tovar
- The Unplug Collective
- Monica Kriete
- Virginia Sole-Smith
- Marley Blonsky
- Ashleigh Chubby Bunny
- Kendra Austin
- Lauren - Anti Diet Fatty
- Marquisele Mercedes
- Paris Alexandra
- Meghan Tonjes
- Brianna Campos
- Nicola Salmon
- Nic McDermid
- Vinny Welsby
- Asher Larmie
- Kanoelani
- Sharon Maxwell
- Ashlee Bennett
- Alishia McCullogh
- Allira Potter
- Aubrey Gordon
- Alyce Thorp
- Nyome Nicholas
- Lindley Ashline
- Robin Zabiegalski
- Food and Body Freedom Facebook community
- Ashlee Bennett's Internalised Fatphobia Self-Paced Online Course
- Jeff's website and IG
