Weight Stigma: Both Social and Personal in Pregnancy - ConscienHealth A new study of weight stigma before, during, and after pregnancy reminds us it is at once both a social and a personal problem.

New research paints a compelling picture: the intersection of #WeightStigma with a woman's life before, during, and after #pregnancy. This is both a social and personal challenge.
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“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students A growing body of research has found weight stigma to independently drive both morbidity and mortality, regardless of actual weight. This has, however, yet to translate into medical education and prac...

“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students

Sebastian Shaw, Laura Hennessy-Grainger, Angela Meadows

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#WeightStigma #EndWeightStigma

Not a big fan of AI images, but since this one is clearly fake, enjoy!

#Trump #USA #Fascism #Sexism #WeightStigma #Pedophiles #EpsteinFiles #AI #MissPiggy #Muppets #AirForceOne #Press #Journalism

I’m gonna need the ones defending the ppl who lose weight’s bodily autonomy to start also coming to the defense of fat ppl, esp larger fat ppl, who choose healing+radical acceptance. IWL criticism is far less concerning than the hate we get for going against the grain. #WeightStigma #HAES #FatLib

#BodyPositive #WeightStigma #Massachusetts #FatAcceptance #FatLib #HAES #Justice #Solidarity

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1710851/full

We have been discussing this for a few years and it is good to be working with excellent research leaders like Marilou Côté and Angela S. Alberga.This is not just an academic pursuit. Looking critically and pragmatically at what we do is essential #weightbias #weightstigma #weightdiscrimination

Weight May Be The Least Of Your Health Problems — Here's What Many Doctors Aren't Telling You Before you blame someone's body size for their overall health, consider this.

Shrink specializing in WOMEN w Health probs/PTSD here:
When I refer a patient to a specialist & they have a ⏫ BMI ALL symptoms are explained away by "just lose weight."

#weightstigma can be life thretening to patients. PPL can read a scale🤦‍♀️
MD's MUST DO BETTER.😡

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The legality of weight discrimination in Canada: an environmental scan of case law and the limits of Canadian legislation - International Journal for Equity in Health Weight stigma negatively impacts people with higher weights across the lifespan as well as social contexts and can lead to weight discrimination. As weight is not a protected identity in Canadian human rights legislation, it is important to better understand how weight discrimination is being argued in Canada’s legal system. The purpose of this environmental scan was to examine and describe Canadian case law and scholarly articles pertaining to the argumentation of weight discrimination in Canada. A three-step search process was taken to identify relevant cases and articles that included; (1) Boolean keyword searches in HeinOnline, WestLaw, and LexisPlus; (2) citation searching within all results that met inclusion criteria; and (3) a keyword search in CanLII. These searches yielded a total of 33 documents that were included for analysis, including 8 scholarly articles and 25 cases. Scholarly articles highlighted consistent criticisms of existing human rights protections for higher-weight people in Canada, mostly pertaining to Limitations of disability protections. Of the 25 cases included, 16 were unsuccessful and 9 were successful, with most cases related to employment (n = 19). Our findings point to significant gaps in Canada’s legal system for identifying and correcting instances of weight discrimination. Current Canadian disability protections are inadequate for those who experience weight discrimination, especially those who do not experience disability due to their weight. Our results highlight that weight ought to be a bona fide human rights issue, independent from disability protections.

"Our results highlight that weight ought to be a bona fide human rights issue, independent from disability protections."

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#EndWeightStigma #WeightStigma #WeightDiscrimination

It finally happened – I was fat shamed by a fellow passenger on a plane.

Fat shaming = negative, harmful comments about body size.

It happens everywhere – hospitals, workplaces, gyms, planes.

It shouldn’t. Not to me, not to anyone. Ever.

#WeightStigma #FatPhobia #Inclusion

2025 at an eating disorder conference and folks are still saying things like “they restrict their food and hopefully do lose weight”

Sigh #weightstigma

Death doula Isabella Carr, M.Div., is filling a critical gap in end-of-life care: supporting people in bigger bodies. She recently shared wisdom and guidance on navigating life’s final chapter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUaW...
#EndOfLifeCare #WeightStigma #DeathDoula #EqualityAtEverySize

I know i’m not meant to ‘diet’ but is it ok to lose a few pounds while pregnant?: a qualitative analysis of Mumsnet discussion forum posts to understand women’s experiences of and views on weight and ... Background Many women start pregnancy with obesity. It is also common for women to gain excess weight during pregnancy, and many find it challenging to lose this weight after birth. Pregnant and postn...

I know i’m not meant to ‘diet’ but is it ok to lose a few pounds while pregnant? A qualitative analysis of Mumsnet discussion forum posts

Mackenzie Fong, Erin Kelly, Sarah Gregory, Catherine Talbot & Maria Raisa Jessica Aquino

#WeightStigma

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Actor, Alison Fitzjohn on stage and smiling. There is text reading "A Weighty Issue" and sub text reading "This short film looks at the 'A Weighty Issue' project and performance. A one-woman theatre show exploring the ways in which weight stigma damages the health and wellbeing of those who experience it."

Weight stigma affects more than how we feel. It can harm our health and wellbeing.

A Weighty Issue is a short film about a powerful one-woman show that challenges how we think about weight.

Watch now: bit.ly/3J1Foqj

#WeightStigma

Internalized weight bias is a silent health crisis! Scales like WBIS & WSSQ reveal how exposure to weight stigma creates psychological & physiological stress. #WeightStigma #MentalHealth #ADA #DeDoc

Amidst nutrition stalls, Ozempic and weight management talks, and a multitude of physical activity and fitness exhibits, we were given a stage at #Elevate2025, the UK’s largest physical activity trade event, to speak about #WeightStigma in the fitness industry.

Thank you Elevate for having us! 👏🏻

Weight-Loss Surgery's Invisible Benefit Bariatric surgery can help people lose weight, but it can do something even more important -- reduce the weight stigma they experience.

The Stress of Fat Shaming
Bariatric surgery can help people lose weight, but it can do something even more important -- reduce the weight stigma they experience. bit.ly/3ZwzmU6 #fatshaming @utah.edu #WeightStigma #bariatricsurgery #BariatricSupport #bariatricsurgery @healthpsychology.bsky.social

sticker that shows a black background with a white font saying 'FCK BMI' and red stripes at the top and bottom of the words

💐Friendly reminder that the BMI is total bullsh!t and a tool of oppression that is used to justify further discriminating against marginalized bodies 🌸
#fatacceptance #weigtstigma #fatstigma #fatphobia #fettfeindlichkeit #respectmysize
#fatliberation #weightstigma #hamburg #queerhamburg #hamburgart

A white man in a button-down Oxford standing in front of a chalkboard with a PowerPoint screen that reads “Fat Justice/Good Fat”

@rickweinmeyer.bsky.social giving a stellar presentation on #FatJustice and #PublicHealthLaw … love that next week I’m giving Ethics Grand Rounds on #WeightStigma #OnLikeVoltron #SamePage #HLP25

postcard that shows a collage of close- ups of fat bodies, like a double chin, big bellies, back rolls, thick thighs, etc.

Fat bodies are art - end of discussion 🤌🏼🤌🏼
#fatacceptance #weigtstigma #fatstigma #glorifyingobesity #fatqueer #fatphobia #fettfeindlichkeit #fettfeindlich #respectmysize
#fatliberation #weightstigma #fatactivist #hamburg #hamburgcity #queerhamburg #hamburgart #hamburgartist #hamburgkunst

Ethics Grand Rounds ~ Everybody is a Summer Body: Weight Stigma & Injustice

I've been working for some years on the prevalence and injustice of #WeightStigma as a #PHEthx and #PHLaw problem, and I'm privileged to be giving an upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds on it @cobioethics.bsky.social. #Bioethics

Join us (remotely)!

calendar.cuanschutz.edu/event/ethics...

Art print of a stone with the word “obesity“ engraved in it underneath a halo and sitting on top of a pedestal

Don’t mind me casually glorifying ob€sity 🤌🏼 ✨#fatacceptance #weigtstigma #glorifyingobesity #thinprivilege #fatphobia #fettfeindlichkeit #fettfeindlich #respectmysize
#fatliberation #weightstigma #antifatbias #fatactivism #fatactivist #hamburg #hamburgartist #hamburgkunst #fckbmi #fatisnotabadword

Stepping off the pursuit-of-weight-loss rollercoaster is so liberating, and allows people to focus on what really improves their health. 😊

#HAES #weightstigma

Latest episode [link in bio], discusses how almost all healthcare professionals now agree weight stigma is "bad", but for different reasons & offering different "solutions". Need to critique pathologization of bodies, not just stigmatization.
#weightstigma #bodypositive #fatacceptance #bioethics

OSF

💡 The next iteration explores how generative AI can further enhance VITAL-COMS.
Watch this space! #weightstigma #obesity #HealthCommunication #GenAI - Check out the full preprint here on OSF: osf.io/preprints/os...

We've @drleonaryan.bsky.social released a preprint of our study: VITAL-COMS, a novel digital simulation tool designed to improve healthcare professionals' communication skills when discussing weight with patients #weightstigma #obesity #HealthCommunication #GenAI 1/4

This systems analysis holds keys to how America might exit its current trajectory of rising #obesity and #chronicdisease rates. Our inability to prevent these problems comes down to a societal bias towards blaming individuals rather than the #ultraprocessed #foodindustry. #weightstigma

📢 Closing on 7th March!
Are you a health professional or have lived experience of obesity?

We want your views on weight stigma in hospitals.

Share your thoughts in our short survey: shorturl.at/08zh8

#HealthResearch #Obesity #WeightStigma