Weight bias among exercise and nutrition professionals: a systematic review
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.12743
October 2018
Weight Stigma is Harmful to Health and Can Heighten Obesity Risk
In this Opinion article, we review compelling evidence that weight stigma is harmful to health, over and above objective body mass index. Weight stigma is prospectively related to heightened mortality and other chronic diseases and conditions. Most ironically, it actually begets heightened risk of obesity through multiple obesogenic pathways. Weight stigma is particularly prevalent and detrimental in healthcare settings, with documented high levels of ‘anti-fat’ bias in healthcare providers,...
The Healing:One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches
Saeeda Hafiz, author of The Healing: One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches, is a nutrition educator for San Francisco Unified School District, wellness expert, trained cook, and yoga teacher. "On the surface, she was an accomplished professional. Beneath the exterior, however, she suffered from her past and her family challenges, including domestic violence, addiction and poverty that she witnessed throughout her childhood. Through her writing, Saeeda takes us on a journey...
Is everything you know about obesity wrong?
A podcast discussion of the article shared below "Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong." What is the best way to address health issues that are connected to overweight and obesity? Share your thoughts! http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/10/03/obesity-overweight-weight-loss
My Weight Has Affected My Career [forbes.com]
The thing about something like fatphobia is that it touches every part of your life. It shapes what you desire. It molds your personality. It changes the trajectory of your dreams. You lose sight of which part is you and which part is it. I mean honestly that's true for all of us for one reason or another. You never get to know what your story could be if it hadn’t been touched by gender education or racism or all those years that someone made fun of your knees or a lifetime of being told...