Interesting article on the Science of Obesity and Stigma

Everything you know about obesity is wrong

A long but fantastically written article. I haven't looked into the references and sources yet, but I will still be saving it for future reading. Thanks for sharing!

Very interesting, right?

This was a fascinating read. I do wonder if the weight stigma is worst from female practitioners to female patients/male practitioners to male patients also (my experience it was but that's a small sample size).

Best read in a long time! Thanks for sharing

Wow Cynthia...what an enlightening, depressing, frustrating, saddening, heartening article. I literally had every emotion reading that. From empathy to fear to sadness to hope. Thank you for sharing it. There is literally so much I want to comment on but can't yet. I have to process it. Thank you again, so much.

That was an excellent read, and it really made me think about my own prejudices. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent article Cynthia. Thank you for sharing it!

Just after reading this, I was looking at last month's Oprah magazine. One of their major features was plus size clothing and models, highlighting a number of issues which somewhat dovetail with this article. For instance, there was a lot of discussion about NOT having a separate "Plus-size" department and having all women's clothing together (including having the same styles available in ALL sizes). I remember resisting buying new clothing for a long time once the "regular" sizes were too small. I was strangling in them before going to the "other" department. I love the idea of integrating the departments (and removing the negative labeling). This should apply to children's clothing as well.

I used to like to shop on zulily for that reason- not everything but many of the same styles went from xs to 3x. I think it was Dress barn for awhile years ago integrated their departments and then went back to separate plus size even though they have many of the same styles.