If you’ve ever left a medical appointment feeling dismissed, judged, or like your body size became the diagnosis... then this episode is for you — and honestly, for your doctor too. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the very real stigma larger-bodied people face in health care settings—and how often weight bias gets in the way of actual care. We’re joined by you, our listeners, through powerful voicemails sharing both painful and healing experiences with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers. From being told to “just lose weight” to finally being listened to and taken seriously, these stories highlight what’s broken, what’s possible, and the power of weight inclusive care.

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Additional Reading: 

Journal Articles: 

• Weight-Inclusive vs Weight-Normative Approach
• Nature Med: Joint International Consensus Statement for Ending Stigma of Obesity
• Weight Science: Evaluating The Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
• Impact of Weight Bias and Stigma on Quality of Care
• BMJ: Weight Stigma and Bias: Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity
• Obesity Stigma: Important Considerations for Public Health
• Pediatrics: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents with Obesity 
• Pervasiveness, Impact, and Implications of Weight Stigma 
• Assessing Weight Stigma Interventions Systematic Review of RCTs
• Obesity Stigma: Cases, Consequences, and Potential Solutions
• Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality 

Books:

• Health At Every Size by Lindo Bacon
• Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
• Body Respect by Bacon and Aphramor
• What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
• Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
• This Is Body Grief by Jayne Mattingly
• The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

More! 

• Weight Neutral Provider Lead List
• Association For Size Diversity and Health 
• Association For Weight And Size Inclusive Medicine

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