September 2020: A study concludes that the preoperative dietary restriction is the cause for most of the metabolic changes that have been attributed to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
https://doi.org/10.2337/db20-0131

April 19, 2021: In the Every Body Talks column, questions are raised about the origins and purpose of the Body Positivity Movement, but few are answered.
https://www.dailyuw.com/wellness/article_7242af9e-a0c4-11eb-8e65-e3af6842af93.html

April 22, 2021: Peacock's show Rutherford Falls co-stars native American and fat woman Jana Schmieding, and the show was quick to introduce a love interest. Schmieding discusses how much she has internalized the myth that fat people are not attractive.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/04/10433006/rutherford-falls-peacock-cast-jana-schmieding-reagan

April 22, 2021: A reduced version of photographer Laura Aguilar's Los Angeles show has finally made it to New York, four years after the original exhibition, featuring Aguilar's intimate photos of her own fat body.
https://dnyuz.com/2021/04/22/she-turned-her-audacious-lens-on-herself-and-shaped-the-future/

April 25, 2021: An article on Vogue.com looks at the lack of options for high end apparel for fat bodies, which is especially evident at award shows where fat celebrities struggle to find fashionable clothing for the red carpet.
https://www.vogue.com/article/can-we-dismantle-fat-phobia-on-the-red-carpet

April 27, 2021: Dietitians of Canada decline to endorse the new Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines for several reasons, including excessive emphasis on weight loss.
https://www.dietitians.ca/News/2021/DC-endorsement-decision-on-Canadian-Adult-Obesity

April 30, 2021: In these two articles, Aidy Bryant talks about herself, her character on Shrill, and the importance of normalizing representation of fat people.
https://people.com/health/aidy-bryant-says-doctor-suggested-she-get-gastric-bypass-they-assume-she-wants-to-lose-weight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/aidy-bryant-show-final-season/2021/04/29/4e6f0382-a755-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

May 2021: Tigress Osborn is interviewed by The Curvy Fashionista about NAAFA's first annual Fat Liberation Month.
https://thecurvyfashionista.com/naafa-fat-liberation-month

May 2021: The latest issue of Fat Studies is now available. This issue focuses on fatness and the law.
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ufts20/10/2?nav=tocList

May 5, 2021: Jennifer Weiner warns that the diet industry is looking to profit off people's concerns about weight gain during the pandemic and urges you to resist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/culture/dieting-covid-weight-loss.html

May 8, 2021: A Los Angeles Times article talks about how the pandemic brought into focus the discrimination faced by the fat community from a healthcare industry already rife with fat bias.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-08/analyzing-covid-vaccine-inequity-through-obesity-lens

May 11, 2021: New weight loss drugs are being developed using incretins, naturally occurring hormones. The drugs are slightly more effective than most, showing average weight loss of 15%, and 20% or higher weight loss of 30% of the patients tested; but once you stop the medication the weight comes back.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/health/obesity-drugs.html

Terri and Bill Weitze have been active within NAAFA for years, and they currently coauthor the Media and Research Roundup in the NAAFA Newsletter. They both live and work in San Jose, CA, and met through a fat-positive bulletin board system before the days of the World Wide Web.