1st Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, 2013
Citing conference presentations
Author name(s) (2013) Title. Paper/Poster presented at the 1st Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, 16th May 2013, Birmingham, UK.
| 1st Annual International Weight Stigma Conference | |
| Download brochure |  2013 Conference brochure & abstract book |
| Session 1 | Stigma, stigma all around: The entrenchment of weight stigma in modern culture |
| Slides | Dr Phillippa Deidrichs University of the West of England Waif goodbye! Promoting body diversity in media imagery and the role of weight stigma |
| Slides not available | Supersize vs Superskinny: Weight stigma at the intersection of public health and televisual entertainment Dr Anna Lavis, University of Birmingham |
| Slides | The de-masculinised fat male in contemporary Hollywood cinema Barbara Plotz, Kings College London |
| Session 2 | Yes, our voices matter, but are we having the right conversation? |
| Slides | Dr Charlotte Cooper Nothing about us without us: Fat people and research justice |
| Slides not available | ‘Fatness’: Pathological, political and philosophical thoughts Katherine Chan, University of York |
| Slides | ‘Until we shed the ingrained belief that thin is beautiful, I fear we are lost!’ An exploration of the role of ‘fat’ talk and how the affective sedimentation of heteronormative practices of femininity can contribute to weight-based stigma Julie Parsons, University of Plymouth |
| Session 3 | Weight stigma in society: Changing messages, changing norms |
| Slides not available | Sigrún Daníelsdóttir President of Icelandic Eating Disorders Association & Icelandic Association for Body Respect The ethics of war: Obesity as a public health issue |
| Slides | From ‘puppy fat’ to overweight: Gender, childhood obesity and social stigma 1940–1970 Martha Kirby, University of Glasgow |
| Slides | Weight stigma after weight loss: Negative evaluations of obesity surgery patients Jasmine Fardouly, University of New South Wales |
| Slides | The effect of exposure to obesity on judgments about the overweight Dr Eric Robinson, University of Liverpool |
| Slides | Counter-conditioning as an intervention to modify anti-fat attitudes Dr Stuart Flint, Sheffield Hallam University |
| Performance | Voices: Stigma outside the laboratory |
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| Session 4 | Weight stigma in healthcare: Stories from both sides of the desk |
| Slides | Dr Judy Swift University of Nottingham The importance of challenging weight bias among healthcare professionals |
| Slides | Do trainee health care professionals believe they should maintain a healthy body weight? Rebecca McManamon, NHS |
| Slides | Strong, female and Black: Understanding African Caribbean women, body size and health Nicole Andrews, University of Birmingham |
| Session 5 | Weight stigma and health outcomes: Can stigma ever be good for us? |
| Slides not available | Dr Lenny Vartanian University of New South Wales The stress of obesity stigma: Implications for health and wellbeing |
| Slides | Prof Jane Ogden University of Surrey The possible positive role of stigma: Keeping a lid on the obesity problem |
| Session 6 | Where to from here: Policy and practice |
| Slides | Dr Lucy Aphramor Director of Well Founded Size bias and status syndrome: How should public health be responding to the evidence? |
Prize winners
Best oral presentation: Nicole Andrews, University of Birmingham
Best poster presentation: Christa Blanckenberg, University College London
We are grateful to Taylor & Francis/Routledge for donating a copy of Fat Lives: A feminist psychological exploration by Irmgard Tischner as a prize for the best oral presentation during the 2013 conference.
Sponsors
Thank you to all of the sponsors of the 2013 Weight Stigma Conference. The event wouldn’t have been possible without them, so please give them your support.