Obesity is framed by mainstream media and health care professionals as an “epidemic”
contributing to the ill health of the population. This paper reviews literature related to …

This paper explores issues of weight stigma in fertility, reproduction, pregnancy and
parenting through a fat reproductive justice lens. We engage with multimedia/digital stories …

Few fat kids enjoy physical education in school. Uniforms that do not fit, activities that have
not been modified for fat bodies, taunting from peers and anti-fat bias from teachers, all of …

It is a rare day I do not encounter fatphobia, expressed in casual 'fat talk'as friends and
colleagues discuss food choices, exercise, and the fit of clothing, or in rhetoric about the …

This is a response to four commentaries on our article titled “Fat Shame and Blame in
Reproductive Care: Implications for Ethical Health Care Interactions”(Ward & McPhail,). We …

Fat pedagogy responds to the need for educational interventions to reduce weight-based
oppression. Given the growth in fat studies–related courses, a need exists to identify best …

Education is a powerful site for both the (re) production and disruption of weight-based
oppression. There is a small but growing literature in “fat pedagogy” and scholars from …

Wearables, technological devices for promoting health, physical activity, and weight control,
have become increasingly popular. However, debates are ongoing in popular and academic …

This dissertation explores and documents how fat women in Canada experience fatphobia
in health care settings, focusing largely on primary care. This study, which is based on …

This article addresses the possibilities and pitfalls for fat activist engagement in academic
institutions through the framework of the 'fat person.'Drawing from Emily Henderson's …