Weight Stigma Awareness Week panel discussion

Strap yourself in for "So what if you're fat? You still deserve good healthcare!", an unapologetic panel discussion hosted by Eat Love Live in honour of Weight Stigma Awareness Week, 2024.

Eat Love Live understands the multiple harms many of you have experienced at the hands of health professionals, and in response, enlisted a panel of weight-neutral experts to empower you with the skills needed to navigate healthcare settings effectively in the face of anti-fat bias. 

Together, Dr Leila Byrne, Sam van Zweden, Dr Stefania Franja, Dr Christie Bennett and Josephine Money (APD) will help you:

• Understand what anti-fat bias is
• Understand how anti-fat bias can manifest in healthcare settings
• Learn about the negative effects of anti-fat bias on an individual's health outcomes
• Get acquainted with evidence-based practices that support weight-inclusive care
• Identify strategies for finding and choosing weight-inclusive healthcare providers
• Explore techniques for self-advocacy and assertiveness in healthcare settings
• Discover resources, support groups and organisations that can offer support 

.	DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE RESOURCE  Featuring helpful information, tools for self advocacy, information on our panel guests and links to connect with like-minded consumers of healthcare, download our FREE printable resource designed to support the panel discussion here!

	SIZE INCLUSIVE CLOTHING GUIDE  When you live in a body that doesn't fit into our culture's narrow ideals (be it through size, ability or gender conformity), trying to find clothes to fit, that you feel good in and that express who you are can feel impossible. After many conversations with clients over the years, view the  list we've compiled here!
	DEBUNKING DIET CULTURE  If you'd like to explore diet culture beyond our weight stigma discussion, panelist Jo Monday (APD) does a deep dive into all things diet culture on the blog: what it is, what it isn't and what to do if it no longer serves you. Read it on the blog here.
	LEARN MORE ABOUT #WSAW  Weight Stigma Awareness Week is an annual initiative designed to educate people on weight stigma in an effort to end traumatic and destructive anti-fatness rooted in racism, shame and body discrimination. Learn more about the awareness week we are thrilled to be supporting this year here!