#200: Weight Stigma is Deadly

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“People who reported experiencing weight discrimination had a 60% increased chance of dying independent of BMI.” —Angelina R. Sutin

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Woo-hoo, we hit 200 episodes! Thank you for being here and thank you for being a loyal listener!

In this special episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I discuss weight stigma and weight bias to raise your level of awareness around this important topic.

*Trigger Warning: I will be discussing weight/size and some tough concepts. This information may be triggering, may lead to cognitive dissonance and bring up uncomfortable feelings*

Topics covered in today’s episode are:

• We are a product of our conditioning (cultural norms/expectations, internalized beliefs)

• Weight stigma

• Medical weight bias

• Internalized weight stigma/bias

• Thin privilege

• How weight stigma and discrimination affects body size

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• VegNews Article about Fat Phobia In Vegan Community quoting Dr. Yami, I’M WITH LIZZO: WHY THE VEGAN ANTI-FAT BIAS NEEDS TO END NOW

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• Organizations: Association for Size Diversity and Health, National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Council on Weight and Size Discrimination

• Take the Harvard university implicit attitudes test on weight bias: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatouchtest.html

References:

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469873/pdf/nihms-1017990.pdf

2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890841/pdf/nt-50-117.pdf

3. https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2017155.pdf

4. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00814-5.pdf

5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866597/pdf/1019.pdf

6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6092785/pdf/12916_2018_Article_1116.pdf

7. https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jobe/2016/3753650.pdf

8. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251566

9. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.739056/full

10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00982-4.pdf

11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381543/pdf/obr0016-0319.pdf

12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3577669/pdf/1471-2393-13-19.pdf

13. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0159659&type=printable

14. https://christyharrison.com/blog/what-is-thin-privilege

15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236245/pdf/oby0022-2485.pdf

16. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weight-game-how-body-size-bias-can-hold-back-health-science/

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