Two thirds of women report experiencing weight stigma during pregnancy. Newspaper
media is powerful in framing health issues. This review synthesized UK newspaper media …

In contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing
discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact …

Despite considerable contestation,'excess' weight/fatness is commonly framed as fatal and
in need of behavioural interventions. This article reviews literature which places a question …

Fat. The word has a negative, vitriolic meaning, but there are body positivity activists trying to
reclaim the word as a descriptor rather than derogatory term. People in larger bodies are …

Rationale Weight stigma is prevalent in Western society and has numerous negative effects
on people with obesity. There remains a strong and currently unmet need to understand why …

Fat microaggressions are microlevel social practices in the form of commonplace everyday
indignities that insult fat people and have been documented anecdotally and qualitatively …

'Today nearly 70% of Australians have overweight or obesity; and yet most of us will opt to
remain silent on the topic and how it affects us, because of shame and embarrassment.' …

Weight stigma is pervasive in the US, with body size being pathologised and weight loss
urged for those of higher weights. However, there is a growing movement for fat acceptance …

Fatness sits at the intersection of many systems of oppression, such as race, gender, class,
and (dis) ability. Anti-fat bias happens out in the open and is prevalent in Western society …

Discourses regarding a 'global obesity crisis' and alternative frames (eg weight‐inclusive
approaches to health) have proliferated through various media of communication. These …