172: The Science of Protecting Ourselves From Anti-Fat Bias

Fierce Fatty Podcast

Jun 20 2023 • 1 hr

Anti-fatness is everywhere, yuck! Do you know what weight bigotry does to our brains and bodies? If not you’ll hear all about it in this episode. More importantly, you will also hear about what the science tells us about how to survive this sh*t show. It’s good news, you’re probably doing a lot of the good stuff already!

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/172

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Study Looks At Ways To Protect Ourselves from Weight Stigma: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=534306&post_id=99410920&utm_source=post-email-title&isFreemail=false&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMDU1OTQwOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6OTk0MTA5MjAsImlhdCI6MTY3ODU1NzcwNSwiZXhwIjoxNjgxMTQ5NzA1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNTM0MzA2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.pc8UxFO8zdkqH3qAKJRqnEoI1s6iY4aLsUtcCk71bEQ

Challenging oppression: A social identity model of stigma resistance in higher-weight individuals: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144522001061?via%3Dihub

Studies on weight stigma and body image in higher-weight individuals Angela Meadows and Rachel M Calogero . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90817-5_28

Fat trans legal histroy: https://www.instagram.com/callmesj.theletters/

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Anti-Fatness and Public Health by Mikey Mercedes and Monica Kriete for New England Public Health Training Center
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Sutin, A. R., Stephan, Y., & Terracciano, A. (2015). Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality. Psychological science, 26(11), 1803–1811. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615601103

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