Fat Phobia: the fear and discrimination towards people with fat bodies. People associate those who have large silhouettes with a certain health status. People see higher-weight people as refusing to take care of themselves. We live in a world that is weight obsessed. These invalid messages are everywhere and they are affecting our daily lives.

Doctor Sarah Nutter is a member of Obesity Canada’s Every Body Matters collaborative who in the past, has struggled with her body image. Sarah discusses widespread weight stigma and how it leads to inequality for individuals with large bodies.

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