Category: pro-choice

• Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations

  Anti-fat bigotry, Anti-Obesity Programs, Dieting/WLS, FatnessInGeneral, pro-choice

  13 comments on Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations

  From an article on healthcare providers stigmatizing fat patients: Healthcare providers also need to readjust their expectations. Getting individuals who are obese down to a normal weight isn’t realistic: Research shows that most people can’t expect to lose more than 10% of their body weight and, more important, to maintain the weight loss over time. […]

• Applying “Pro-Choice” to Fat Acceptance

  Dieting/WLS, pro-choice

  13 comments on Applying “Pro-Choice” to Fat Acceptance

  I came to fat acceptance by reading BBW magazine in college. Yes, fashion articles, but also articles on how weight cycling is bad for you and reporting on studies that show dieting tends to lead to weight gain in the long term. I knew that every time I had dieted to lose weight – which […]