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Mental health
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

I Work at a Fitness-Related Company. My Colleagues' Reactions to My Major Weight Loss Are Concerning.

Comments about coworkers' weight are inappropriate and harmful; weight changes can reflect serious health issues and should not be discussed casually at work.
Public health
fromPortland Monthly
1 week ago

The Public Health Educators Changing How We Think About Fat

Antifat bias and weight stigma cause chronic stress, healthcare avoidance, misdiagnosis, and mental and physical harm while societal programs assume fatness is inherently dangerous.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

The myth of willpower - and why some people struggle to lose weight more than others

Obesity is shaped by genetics, biology, environment and policy, not merely willpower; simple 'eat less' messages ignore unequal risk and systemic contributors.
fromHuffPost
2 weeks ago

Mixed-Weight Couples Share The Most Toxic Things People Say To Them

When we first got together, people immediately assumed the reason we were a couple was because my husband had a fat fetish, which is extremely narrow-minded. We still get comments like: 'It must be hard knowing that someone is with you because of your size' or 'Is your husband a feeder?' or 'He wouldn't love you if you lost weight.'
Relationships
#diet-culture
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago
Wellness

Leave Diet Culture Behind and Reclaim Your Life

Diet culture equates worth with thinness, demonizes food, and harms physical health, mental well-being, and social connection.
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago
Wellness

Challenging Diet Culture in the Therapy Room

The impact of diet culture and weight stigma pervades all therapeutic settings.
Therapists must engage in self-reflection to mitigate bias in their practice.
Weight-neutral care enhances client trust and treatment outcomes.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago

Challenging Diet Culture in the Therapy Room

The impact of diet culture and weight stigma pervades all therapeutic settings.
Therapists must engage in self-reflection to mitigate bias in their practice.
Weight-neutral care enhances client trust and treatment outcomes.
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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Internalized Weight Stigma and Eating Disorders

Weight stigma, including internalized stigma, causes psychological harm, social isolation, avoidance of care, and contributes to poorer long-term physical health.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Break Free From the Fear of Weight Gain

Weight bias causes stereotyping, bullying, discrimination, widespread anxiety about weight, and contributes to eating disorders through harmful dieting and biologic effects of prolonged restriction.
Public health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

It's Not About the Weight, It's About the Weight Stigma

Weight stigma predicts greater psychological distress, healthcare avoidance and mistrust, reduced physical activity, and worsened physiological and behavioral health outcomes.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
6 months ago

For Bariatric Surgery Patients, Weight Stigma Doesn't Disappear

Bariatric surgeries involve removing, restricting or rerouting parts of the gastrointestinal tract to change the amount of food the stomach can digest or absorb.
Public health
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