Media and Research Roundup - April 2023
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By Bill and Terri Weitze
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.
March 15, 2023: A study of participants in weight management interventions finds that while most will not develop an eating disorder, some will; therefore, the authors recommend that all participants be monitored to help ensure the safety of the at-risk participants.
March 22, 2023: Ragen Chastain's Weight and Healthcare newsletterdiscusses a recent study that reveals the lack of a link between higher body mass index (BMI) and COVID deaths.
March 22, 2023: New York City may join those few cities and states that include height and weight as protected classes under the city's human rights law. The proposed legislation was featured in The Washington Post, The Hill, and Teen Vogue.
March 22, 2023: National Geographic discusses how weight-shaming, particularly by families and healthcare professionals, not only does not “work” but is often damaging to the physical and mental health of the target.
March 28, 2023: Despite being trolled for "glorifying obesity", candlemaker Jodyann Morgan creates and sells candles that celebrate the beauty of fat bodies through her company COTAN.
March 29, 2023: A British woman, denied a gastric bypass by the UK's National Health Service (NHS), went to Turkey for the surgery and now has increased health issues.
April 2023: NAAFA Chair Tigress Osborn is featured on the cover of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly and discusses her and NAAFA's size rights work in the article.
Pic is of Terri and Bill Weitze, a Caucasian couple, both wearing glasses
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 Michigan, and met through a fat-positive bulletin board system before the days of the World Wide Web.