5th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, Prague 2017
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Author (2017). Title. Paper/poster/session presented at 5th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, 6-7 June, Prague, Czech Republic. DOI: [DOIs will be available shortly]
**Presenting authors only listed. For full authorship list, please see conference brochure**
| Brochure | CONFERENCE BROCHURE AND ABSTRACTS | |
| KEYNOTES | ||
| Slides | Prof Deborah Lupton University of Canberra, Australia Idealised and stigmatised bodies in digital media: New directions for research |
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| Slides | Chevese Underhill-Turner Binge Eating Disorder Association, USA Moving past professional differences: Centering the individual’s needs as an approach to eliminating weight bias |
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| Slides | Prof Christian Crandall University of Kansas, USA Anti-fat attitudes and the politics of weight stigma |
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| ORAL PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Slides | Weight discrimination, racial and sex discrimination and cardiovascular disease in a national sample of adults in the United States Prof Carlos Grilo, Yale University, USA |
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| Slides | Changes in weight bias from three to seven years of age: A prospective study in young children Dr Siân McLean, Victoria University, Australia |
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| Slides | Bridging the physician-patient divide: Do fat patients feel less stigmatized during a health exam if the doctor eases threat of judgment by eating chips and soda? Emerson Hardebeck, Stanford University, USA |
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| Slides | Crafting weight stigma in slimming classes Dr Jacqueline O’Toole, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Republic of Ireland |
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| Slides | Medical students’ attitudes and patient-centered care for higher weight patients Dr Sean Phelan, Mayo Clinic, USA |
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| N/A | Intersecting stigma: Motherhood, fatness and diabetes Dr Jenny Lee, Victoria University, Australia |
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| Slides | Body-positivity versus fat activism: The creation of fat subcultures in reality television Layla Cameron, Simon Fraser University, Canada |
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| Slides | Body acceptance in rural America Dr Andrea Bombak, Central Michigan University, USA |
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| Slides | “I admire the body that says ‘I don’t care what I look like’…but don’t go wearing tight tops”: Examining young women’s talk around weight, and the tensions between anti-fat phobia discourse and engaging in hetero-normative (feminine) fat talk Dr Maxine Woolhouse, Leeds Beckett University, UK |
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| SYMPOSIUM 1. Weight stigma reduction interventions: What works, and what doesn’t | ||
| Slides | Busting the body bias: Evaluation of a campus-based anti-fat shaming campaign Dr Sharon De Joy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Slides | Addressing weight bias in a clinical psychology training program Dr Paula Brochu, Nova Southeastern University, USA |
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| N/A | A case study of working together to address weight stigma in health sectors Caitlin O’Reilly, University of British Columbia, Canada |
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| Symposium 2. Legislating against weight stigma: International perspectives | ||
| Slides | Weight, stigma and anti-discrimination law Prof Iyiola Solanke, University of Leeds, UK |
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| Slides | Change the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG)! Weight discrimination as a legal category in Germany Stephanie von Liebenstein, Society against Weight Discrimination, Germany |
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| Slides | Weight discrimination legislation: Manitoba’s story Lindsey Mazur RD, University of Manitoba, Canada |
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| SYMPOSIUM 3. Weight stigma and physical activity | ||
| Slides | Weight stigma in frequent exercisers: Overt, demeaning, and condescending Dr Stuart Flint, Leeds Beckett University, UK |
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| Slides | Jocks and fatties: An examination of masculine embodiment and weight stigma in middle school males Chris Borduas, Memorial University, Canada |
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| Slides | Internalised weight stigma diminishes improvements in physical activity outcomes following a healthy living intervention in women with high BMI Dr Janell Mensinger, Drexel University, USA |
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| Symposium 4. Weight stigma transmission via childhood obesity policies | ||
| Slides | Mothering and the NCMP: Intersectional understandings of mothering and childhood body, health and weight management Sarah Gillborn, Leeds Beckett University, UK |
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| Slides | Parents, public policy and stigma Sharon Noonan-Gunning, City University London, UK |
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| Slides | The impact of childhood obesity discourses on mothering work for single mothers who live in poverty in Northern Ontario, Canada Laurel O’Gorman, Laurentian University, Canada |
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| POSTERS | ||
| Poster | Right, responsibilities, and dilemmas: A critical discourse analysis of women’s engagement with size acceptance messages Patricia Cain, Murdoch University, Australia |
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| Poster | “Fat people exercise too!” The perceptions and experiences of women shopping for plus-size exercise apparel Christy Greenleaf, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, USA |
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| Poster | Weight bias internalization across weight categories in childhood Anna Zuba, University of Potsdam, Germany |
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| Poster | No such good intentions: Reproduction on Spanish media of adipophobic attitudes and beliefs Nina Navajas-Pertegás, University of Valencia, Spain |
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| Poster | Contrition, deviance, and stigma among bariatric surgery patients Jackson Bensley, Central Michigan University, USA |
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| Poster | The weight of words: A content analysis of weight-related terminology in introductory nutrition textbooks Lori Klos, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, USA |
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| Poster | A blatant exposure to weight stigma: Impact on the eating behaviours of overweight people Lisa Brelet, Clermont Auvergne University, France |
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| Poster | Weight bias internalization mediates association between weight overvaluation and depressive symptoms among young adults with overweight and obesity Vivienne M Hazzard, University of Michigan, USA |
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| Poster | Impact of weight-related discrimination, body dissatisfaction and self-stigma on the desire to weigh less Franziska Jung, University of Leipzig, Germany |
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| Poster | Weight bias internalization associated with weight control behaviors but not healthier eating habits Kendrin R Sonneville, University of Michigan, USA |
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| Poster | Overweight perception associated with higher levels of weight-biased attitudes and weight bias internalization Samantha L Hahn, University of Michigan, USA |
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| Poster | Intensive care nurses’ experiences of caring for obese intensive care patients: A hermeneutic study Nastasja Robstad, University of Agder, Norway |
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| Poster | The impact of weight stigma on the healthcare practitioner-patient relationship Martin Čadek, Leeds Beckett University, UK |
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| Poster | Nothing left to lose: Women reducing internalized weight stigma and turning toward Health At Every Size® Mikalina Kirkpatrick, Portland State University, USA |
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| Poster | Overview of the work cycle “Redefining Fat Identity” Veronika Merklein, veronikamerklein.com, Austria |
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| OTHER SESSIONS | ||
| N/A | ROUNDTABLE Weight Matters: Examining issues of weight bias in eating disorder research methodologies and treatment contexts Erin Harrop, University of Washington, USA, Andrea LaMarre, University of Guelph, Canada, Dr Jennifer Henretty & Jamie Atkins RD, Center for Discovery, USA |
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| Slides | WORKSHOP Experiments, interventions, and strategies: Generating new approaches to weight stigma research Trish Cain, Murdoch University, Australia |
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| SEMINAR Fat studies and fat activism in Germany: Bridging divides between identity politics and ideological intent Dr Friedrich Schorb, University of Bremen, Natalie Rosenke, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany |
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| Slides | WORKSHOP Not too long, not too short, but just write: Structure, style, and persuasion – a writing masterclass for students Angela Meadows, University of Birmingham, UK |
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| WORKSHOP Sharing experiences to combat weight stigma in public health: Policy and practice lessons from scholars, health practitioners, and activists Dr Emily Porth, University of Surrey, UK |
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| WORKSHOP The process of stigma in society Christina Fleetwood, HOBS, Sweden |
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| WORKSHOP N of 1: New strategies for fighting weight stigma Harriet Brown, Syracuse University, USA |
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| Slides | WORKSHOP Reproducing stigma: Exploring weight stigma in pregnancy care Andrea LaMarre, University of Guelph, Canada |
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Prize winners
Best oral presentation: Emerson Hardebeck, Stanford University, USA
Runners up: Jenny Lee, Victoria University, Australia; Stephanie von Leibenstein, Society Against Weight Discrimination, Germany
Best poster presentation: Veronika Merklein, Austria
Sponsors
We’d like to thank Routledge for donating a copy of “The Biopolitics of Lifestyle: Foucault, ethics and healthy choices” by Chris Mayes to be awarded as the Best Oral Presentation prize.
Thank you to all of the sponsors of the 2017 Weight Stigma Conference. The event wouldn’t have been possible without them, so please give them your support.
We’d also like to extend our thanks to all of the individual sponsors who contributed to the conference bursary fund, which enabled several individuals to attend the conference who wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.