The hottest Fat Liberation Substack posts right now

The Burnt Toast community welcomes people at different stages of understanding fat liberation and diet culture.
The conversation about weight and health often confuses correlation with causation.
Weight loss doesn't always lead to better health and can have risks, so the focus shouldn't solely be on losing weight.

Some are considering renaming 'obesity' to remove stigma and redefine the illness concept.
The term 'obesity' being considered a disease is fueled by the weight loss industry and may not be the best approach.
Efforts to rename 'obesity' might simply be masking the failed concept with a new label.

If a 'anti-weight-stigma' event doesn't have fat-positive fat people speaking, it may be fake.
Be cautious if representatives from the weight loss industry are involved in the event.
Watch out for stigmatizing terminology like 'ob*sity' or 'person with ob*sity' that perpetuate weight stigma.

Weight-Neutral Health focuses on supporting the health of people of all sizes without using body size manipulation as a healthcare intervention.
Size Acceptance/Fat Liberation is a civil rights movement aiming to end shame, stigma, bullying, and oppression toward fat individuals, irrespective of health or weight concerns.
It's crucial to distinguish between Weight-Neutral Health and Size Acceptance, understanding that everyone deserves respect and rights, regardless of their health status or habits.

Novo Nordisk is promoting the idea that existing in a larger body is a disease requiring treatment, possibly for profit.
Collaborations with organizations and TV shows are used to push harmful messages about weight and health.
The campaign uses the language of fat liberation but ultimately sells fat eugenics, risking fat people's lives while falsely promising health benefits.

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World Obesity Day contributes to stigma against higher weight individuals.
Efforts on World Obesity Day focus on ineffective methods for changing body size.
The day promotes risking fat people's health to fit societal standards, ultimately for profit.