What Is Fatphobia 75 Ways To Fight Fatphobia
What is fatphobia? At its most basic, fatphobia is a fear of fatness. It refers to discrimination, bias and negative stereotypes aimed at fat people and their bodies. Also called weight stigma, the term fatphobia also refers to the many beliefs, behaviors and attitudes surrounding the anti-fatness culture facing people of higher weight. Fatphobic behavior can be overtly mean (such as public fat-shaming tweets or anti-fat statements from comedians and public figures) or much more subtle (friends and family offering unsolicited weight-loss advice)....