193: Fat in Healthcare and Ideological Anti-Fatness

Fierce Fatty Podcast

Having a bigger body and trying to access healthcare can be a struggle at best and lead to mistreatment, misdaignosis and death at worse. I go over the 5 stages of subpar healthcare in this episode, talk about the root of the issue and share some stories. TW: mentions of death from anti-fat bias and other general anti-fat tomfuckery.

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/193

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Take the Fat in Healthcare survey: https://forms.gle/wVhrP5EjvyEX5Atx9

Five Ways Health Care Can Be Better for Fat People: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/five-ways-health-care-can-be-better-fat-people/2023-07

In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C Health Care: chrome-extension://kdpelmjpfafjppnhbloffcjpeomlnpah/https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/613/2020/11/In-Plain-Sight-Summary-Report.pdf

Viral stories show how 'fatphobia' has life-and-death consequences— even for babies and kids: https://www.upworthy.com/viral-post-shows-how-fatphobia-has-life-and-death-consequences-even-for-babies-and-kids

Opinion Doctors have fatphobia, too — which does serious harm to patients: https://archive.md/nhRFl#selection-447.0-453.65

My sister’s cancer might have been diagnosed sooner — if doctors could have seen beyond her weight: https://archive.md/CGdDf#selection-903.0-903.98

Ellen Bennett Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/timescolonist/name/ellen-bennett-obituary?id=40627610

How 'fat shaming' from doctors is leading to misdiagnoses for obese patients: https://cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-1-2018-1.4769487/how-fat-shaming-from-doctors-is-leading-to-misdiagnoses-for-obese-patients-1.4769569

Fat shaming in the doctor's office can be mentally and physically harmful: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803092015.htm

Weighing the care: physicians' reactions to the size of a patient: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11477511/

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