Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own
by Joy Arlene Renee Cox, PhD (2020).
Author: nancy
Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation
by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant (2022).
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
by Aubrey Gordon (2023).
Webinar: Unlearning Fat Phobia: Moving Toward Fat Liberation in Public Health from University of Illinois Chicago’s Radical Public Health (2021)
Panelists shared their experience and knowledge of the historical relationship between weight, health, and medical care; fat phobia within academic and public health; and connections between race, gender and body size. Panelists: Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes (she/her), writer and doctoral student from the Bronx, New York; Monica Kriete, MPH (she/her), researcher…
Unpacking Weight Science with Fiona Willer
Learn how to interpret weight-centric research for yourself and bust myths about body weight and health.
Maintenance Phase with Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
Body Liberation Fits in Public Health, Reason #1
Correlation ≠ Causation: A body liberation approach enables us to be truer to the values that underlie our work. In this series of articles, we examine ways we can improve our public health work by becoming more weight-inclusive.