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Fat Is Not the Problem—Fat Stigma Is

“Health experts” are sending incorrect and destructive messages about the relationship between weight and wellness.

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Lindo Bacon, Amee Severson
2019
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Why Did Weight Become the Scapegoat for Health Issues?: A Q&A with Sabrina Strings, PhD

When the associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine examined current assumptions around body fat, she found them to be overly simplistic and lacking in evidence.

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Sabrina Strings
2020
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I’m Obese. I Want a Healthy Lifestyle. But It’s Often Inaccessible to Disabled People Like Me.

Diet and exercise are especially challenging for disabled people.

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Pasquale Toscano
2019
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The Archetype Diet

There is a connection between our subconscious thoughts and the way we eat, and it’s important to understand what that connection is, says nutritionist Dana James.

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Dana James
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How Does Breast Cancer Affect Your Body?

Most of the biggest effects to your body from breast cancer come from the treatment, not from the disease. Find out what to expect.

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Neha Pathak
2021
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How Body Ideals Shape the Health of Gay Men

Gay men currently receive little research attention when it comes to health issues such as eating disorders and other body image concerns. Yet expectations are high for gay men, as the western ideal masculine body is muscular and fat free.

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Phillip Joy, Matthew Numer
2019
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53 Body Positive Influencers You Should Follow

These body-positive influencers lead by example and want to help you become more confident in your own skin, too.

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Mallory Creveling
2020
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Plus Us: Does Your Body Positivity Waver on Ableist?

Body positivity has begun to leave behind some of the people who spoke it into existence — among them is the disabled community.

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Gianluca Russo
2022
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Discovering Grace: Finding Identity in the Midst of Eating Disorder Recovery

No one has to be ashamed of any part of themselves; for each of us is much more than just our physical characteristics.

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Siobhan Taylor
2020
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I Love My Mastectomy Scars, But My Relationship with My Body Is More Complicated

Paige More gets real about what it was like to be a body positivity advocate who didn’t love her own body, and how she’s repairing her relationship with it now.

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Paige More
2019
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