I got some good feedback on my last, somewhat salty post, and since I’m still feeling feisty, thought I’d tackle another topic that gets me pretty fired up. And that is: weight stigma in healthcare. Weight stigma can be defined as discriminatory acts and stereotyping because of one’s weight. For example, a patient in a larger body receiving poorer care because of their size, shamed because of their size when visiting the doctor, assuming a patient in a larger body must want to lose weight and pushing weight loss on them when it’s unrelated to the reason of their visit, etc.
On weight stigma in healthcare
On weight stigma in healthcare
On weight stigma in healthcare
I got some good feedback on my last, somewhat salty post, and since I’m still feeling feisty, thought I’d tackle another topic that gets me pretty fired up. And that is: weight stigma in healthcare. Weight stigma can be defined as discriminatory acts and stereotyping because of one’s weight. For example, a patient in a larger body receiving poorer care because of their size, shamed because of their size when visiting the doctor, assuming a patient in a larger body must want to lose weight and pushing weight loss on them when it’s unrelated to the reason of their visit, etc.