“When I started in this field, the idea of an international summit would have been impossible because there weren’t enough people. There weren’t enough people even for a local summit. Or a carpool.” Rebecca Puhl on progress in #WeightStigma research.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/10/translating-an-explosion-of-weight-stigma-research-into-action/
Translating an Explosion of Weight Stigma Research into Action - ConscienHealth

The international weight bias summit concluded with priorities for translating weight stigma research into action to end weight stigma.

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Are we on the way to ending #WeightStigma or is it more stubbornly persistent than we might imagine? We found a clue to the persistence of #bias in health professionals in a new commentary published by the @washingtonpost https://conscienhealth.org/2024/10/why-is-weight-stigma-so-stubbornly-implicitly-persistent/
Why Is Weight Stigma So Stubbornly, Implicitly Persistent? - ConscienHealth

Are we on the way to ending weight stigma or is it more stubbornly persistent than we might imagine? A well-meaning essay offers a clue.

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Gen Z Is More Likely to Challenge Weight Stigma in Medical Settings, According to a Verywell Survey

A Verywell Health survey found that young adults are willing to challenge size-based discrimination in a medical setting.

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Gen Z Is More Likely to Challenge Weight Stigma in Medical Settings, According to a Verywell Survey

A Verywell Health survey found that young adults are willing to challenge size-based discrimination in a medical setting.

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Weight Stigma in Sexual Healthcare | Kinkly

Weight stigma in sexual healthcare means that fat people don't get the care they deserve, and this needs to change.

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A System of High Prices, Stigma, and Inequity in Obesity - ConscienHealth

Flawed thinking about obesity comes from a system of high prices, weight stigma, and inequity that interferes with overcoming the disease.

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A new mediation analysis in IJO debunks the narrative that #obesity harm comes primarily from #WeightStigma. The disease of obesity causes harm itself. Bias and stigma compound the harm.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/06/does-psychological-stress-explain-the-harm-of-obesity/
Does Psychological Stress Explain the Harm of Obesity? - ConscienHealth

Does psychological stress explain the harm of obesity or is the physiologic harm of this chronic disease the primary driver? Or is it both?

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As #obesity rises, #BigFood & *#dietitians* push ‘#AntiDiet’ advice

…the “anti-diet” movement, a #SocialMedia juggernaut that began as an effort to combat #WeightStigma & an unhealthy obsession w/thinness…[has now been co-opted by]…global food marketers…seeking to cash in on the trend.
#PublicHealth #Influencers #lobbyists #regulations #health #FoodLabels #nutrition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice

General Mills, maker of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the anti-diet movement.

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Can we presume that #WeightStigma is a problem confined to the Global North? Nope, says a new review and insight from Ximena Ramo Salas, Chair of Bias180.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/02/weight-stigma-through-the-cultural-lens-of-the-global-south/
Weight Stigma Through the Cultural Lens of the Global South - ConscienHealth

A new review tells us that thinking weight stigma is not a problem in countries of the Global South is likely a false presumption.

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