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FATPHOBIA IN ACADEMIA

“Therefore, when a fat professor makes their fatness salient inside the classroom, their fatness overrides their educational and occupational statuses, as students interpret this information as coming from an unreliable source”

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EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT OBESITY IS WRONG

A 2016 study that followed participants for an average of 19 years found that unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat people. Habits, no matter your size, are what really matter. Dozens of indicators, from vegetable consumption to regular exercise to grip strength, provide a better snapshot of someone’s health than looking at her from across a room.

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FATPHOBIA IN ACADEMIA

“Therefore, when a fat professor makes their fatness salient inside the classroom, their fatness overrides their educational and occupational statuses, as students interpret this information as coming from an unreliable source”

FAT DISCRIMINATION

“Being in the world as a fat lady, I kept having these really challenging experiences with co-workers and family members, but also with strangers on the street who would take on this role of light-touch street harassment with the beliefs they were helping to further my own personal health in some way,”

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