Weight Bias in Medicine

• Weight Inclusive Care – an Introduction for Medical Students by Elsy Willis, University of British Columbia
• Printable Pamphlet: Weight Inclusive Care by Erika Crowley, University of British Columbia
• Questions for Health Practitioners to Ask Themselves by Ragen Chastain
• Why I no longer prescribe weight loss, calculate BMI, or use the term “obesity” by Dr. Katarina Wind
• Love Your Bod Pod Episode: Weight Science & Stigma
• Good Housekeeping – What is Thin Privilege?
• Aspen Podcast: We Should Follow a Weight-Inclusive Approach to Health Care
• No Weigh Website

Related Research Articles

• Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
• The consequences of weight-centric approach to health care: a case for a paradigm shift in how clinicians address body weight
• Fat Studies – From Theory to Policy: Reducing Harms Associated with the Weight-Centered Health Paradigm
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues – An Evidence-Based Rationale for Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy
• Advancing De-Implementation of Universal BMI Surveillance by STRIPED

Racial Origins of Fatphobia

• Video: Sabrina Strings Explains How ‘Fatphobia’ is Rooted in Racism
• Belly of the Beast by Da’Shaun Harrison

The Flaws of BMI

• Weight is Not a Vital Sign – Mosaic Comprehensive Care
• NY Times – What’s Wrong with BMI?
• JAMA – Does Body Mass Index Adequately Convey a Patient’s Mortality Risk?
• The “Obesity Paradox:” Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a 21st century U.S. population: A National Health Interview Survey analysis
• Long-term Effects of Dieting: Is Weight Loss Related to Health?
• The Look AHEAD Trial: A Review and Discussion Of Its Outcomes

Physical Activity vs. Body Fat

• Obesity treatment: Weight loss versus increasing fitness and physical activity for reducing health risks
• The associations of “fatness,” “fitness,” and physical activity with all-cause mortality in older adults: A systematic review
• Fitness versus Fatness: Which Influences Health and Mortality Risk the Most?

Additional resources have been compiled by Dr. Paula Freedman, Psy.D. of HumanKind Psych here, including many of the research articles motivating our advocacy work.