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…year-round, media coverage of “larger bodied people” is almost 120 more times likely to focus on diet and weight loss than on weight stigma, bias or discrimination, according to just-released research from the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA).
That statistic is so staggering that we decided to do our own small part toward evening the score.
Read MoreNAAFA is excited to announce that Tigress Osborn has been appointed to the position of Board Chair Elect by unanimous vote of the NAAFA Board of Directors. Her appointment as Board Chair will begin January 1, 2021.
Ms. Osborn has been working with NAAFA since 2012, when she produced the fashion show at NAAFA’s San Francisco conference. Tigress has been a member of the NAAFA Board since 2015 and acts as NAAFA’s Community Outreach Director. For more information about Ms. Osborn, go to https://naafa.org/boards
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is excited to announce the addition of four new members to its national Board of Directors. The variety of skills and experience of the new members will help propel NAAFA forward as we develop programs and resources to end the discrimination against fat people and realize Equality at Every Size.
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