Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It

Trigger Warning: I will be discussing weight/size and some tough concepts. This information may be triggering, may lead to cognitive dissonance, and bring up uncomfortable feelings

In this special episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I discuss weight stigma and weight bias to raise your level of awareness around this important topic.

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Body of Truth by Harriet Brown: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Truth-Science-Obsession-Weight/dp/0738218820

My interview with Harriet Brown, “Dieting, Health and Fat Talk”: https://apple.co/3tCW7WY

Follow @fatveganvoice

Organizations:

Association for Size Diversity and Health: https://asdah.org/

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance: https://naafa.org/

Council on Weight and Size Discrimination: http://cswd.org/

Harvard university implicit attitudes test on weight bias: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatouchtest.html

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