Tag Archive: weight discrimination

Personal Trainers After WLS

Personal Trainers After WLS: One-Size-Fits-All Doesn’t Work

April 26, 2017 · 0 comments

I was in the Personal Trainers’ office at a local gym recently, and saw the following caption attached to some popular cartoon characters: “I’m fat because obesity runs in my family.” “No, you’re fat because no one runs in your family.” One of the cartoon characters was laughing hysterically, the

Increase in Public Support for Laws Prohibiting Weight Discrimination

July 8, 2014 · 0 comments

A recent study conducted by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity found that public support for laws prohibiting weight discrimination increased between 2011 and 2013. Overweight or obesity affects more than two-thirds of adults in the United States. These individuals are more likely  to be victims of stigma