Challenging weight stigma and discrimination on the journey to body liberation

Presented by Chevese Turner, Co-founder of Weight Stigma Awareness Week

Weight stigma, also known as weight-based discrimination and weight bias, can have harmful consequences on a person’s social, mental, emotional, and physical health. It is pervasive and systemic, present in healthcare, school, social, and work settings, as well as showing up on transportation, TV and movies, and more.

Weight stigma is a form of oppression; however, body liberation is freedom from this weight–and size-based oppression. Achieving body liberation requires a relational and intersectional approach, including acknowledgment of various forms of discrimination that may prevent body liberation, such as racism, transphobia, ableism, homophobia, sexism, and beyond.