Doctors, Heal Thyselves (reblog)
A reblog from my previous site, addressing thoughts on weight bias in medical care. Doctors, Heal Thyselves
A reblog from my previous site, addressing thoughts on weight bias in medical care. Doctors, Heal Thyselves
A thoughtful, encouraging, even humorous response to Bill Maher’s hateful take on fat shaming. Thank you @JKCorden
#stopweightbias
Is HBO a platform for hate? As long as they continue to give voices such as Bill Maher air time… seems so. This isn’t fiction, it’s real comments aimed at real people. #stopweightbias #OACAction #obsm
A recent Blue Bloods episode on CBS used weight bias and shaming to get a win for it’s lead character. Why I’m not as upset as I first was, and how they could fix it…
There is one recurring … fear and frustration that dogs many people who have had bariatric surgery (aka weight loss surgery). I’ve heard it from patients online, in various support groups I’ve attended/facilitated/led, as well as while at various obesity related events. It’s this perception that using surgery to get to a healthier weight is “taking the easy way out”.
Last week Huffington Post published a great article by Michael Hobbes titled Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong. about the current state of obesity and just how wrong, so many have gotten it for so long. It opens with...
When it comes to the OAC, Action really is their middle name. With the recent site redesign and other initiatives, the Obesity Action Coalition is really putting an emphasis on it too. Advocacy is a big part of that, and...
Miss Connie Stapleton started a new online webcast this year.. and she asked me to be her July guest. I meant to mention it before hand.. but things kind of got distracting… but now that it’s been done and recorded...
This show originally aired: May 4, 2023 On this day last year, I was chatting with my guest, Ted Kyle of ConscienHealth and Board Member with the Obesity Action Coalition about weight stigma. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity, and aside from the...
A while back I posted about a certain you-tube personality, a rather negative video about obesity she did, and some of the great responses that were posted. Well, she was recently at it again. And Twitter was once again a...