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| On-Demand Content | |
| Playlist | Vent Reflect Connect (silent disco to rage, reflect, and heal) Helen James, VCSE, Nutriri |
| Exhibition | “Say Fat”: A virtual exhibition of fat lived experiences Brooke Hull, School of Art + Art History, University of Florida, USA |
| Day 1 | |
| Keynote Speaker | |
| n/a | Dr Lily O’Hara Department of Public Health, Qatar University, Qatar The Perils of Paradigm Pioneering: Translating Weight Stigma Research into Policy and Practice |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 1 – Cross-cultural and international perspectives | |
| Video | Explicit and implicit weight bias towards preconception, pregnant, and postpartum higher-weight women: A six-country cross-sectional study of community members’ perspectives Haimanot Hailui, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia, et al. |
| Video Slides |
Hinenuitepō, Nui Te Ao Mana Tinana, Mana Mōmona: Fat Wāhine Māori Stories of Fatness, Stigma, and Body Sovereignty Ashlea Gillon, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Video | Showcasing ‘Body and Self-Esteem on the Curriculum’ online resource Carina Elisabeth Carlsen, Centre for Equality, Norway |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 2 – Embodiment | |
| How games afford fat embodiment Markus Løfgren Elvig, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Big, beautiful, and beleaguered: A mixed-methods study of the relationship between weight stigma, embodiment, and dating and sexual experiences in fat individuals Madhusree Dasgupta et al., Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK |
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| Video | Anti-fat language in Diet Culture: The “new me” and the “real me” in narratives of weight loss Kathleen M Self, Department of Religious Studies, St. Lawrence University, USA |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 3 – Healthcare and healthcare professionals | |
| Applying the stereotype content model to understand therapists’ perceptions of eating disorders and eating behaviors: A weight-inclusive perspective Alexandria M Schmidt et al., Department of Clinical and School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University, USA |
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| Slides | Helping patients navigate medical weight stigma: Weight-inclusive providers as occupational activists Gabby Gomez, Sociology Department, Oklahoma State University, USA |
| n/a | Normalising difference in how we visualise health: The Learning for Every Body project Christopher Sutton, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK; Dawn Clark, NAAFA, USA; Ni-ka Ford, Enlight Visuals, USA; Lois Jane Holt, School of Medicine, University of Buckingham, UK |
| Breakout Session 1 | |
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Symposium: Fat on Film“How to carry water” – short hybrid documentary |
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Symposium: Challenges in Weight Stigma ResearchWords are heavy: Preferences for terminology related to body size among higher-weight individuals |
| Keynote Speaker | |
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Dr Caleb Luna Feeling Fat: Affect, Stigma and Colonialism |
| Poster Session and Reception | |
| Poster | Weight bias among midwives towards patients with higher body weights Heather Bradford, School of Nursing, Georgetown University, USA |
| Poster | Understanding the unique lived experiences of healthcare providers who practice fro a weight inclusive lens Hannah Brass, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, USA |
| The social body: A narrative experience to reflect about the body with high weight Karen Salvo, Clinical Alemana de Santiago, Chile et al. |
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| Poster | Weight stigma in providers: A qualitative study on provider attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity Linda W Li, Duke University School of Medicine, USA et al. |
| Poster | A qualitative analysis of weight stigma rhetoric in sugar-sweetened beverage taxation academic literature Anne Waugh et al., Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Navigating the labyrinth of multiple disadvantage: Harnessing social prescribing to combat weight stigma Helen James, Nutriri, UK |
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| Poster | Weight stigma in body donation programs: Donation criteria analysis Sophie Orr, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Davis, USA et al. |
| n/a | Primary care clinics’ weight-affirming policies: A critical analysis Hilary K Hecht, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Poster | Combating weight stigmatization in online spaces: The impacts of TikTok body neutral and body positive content on body image among different body silhouettes Raeanna Kilby, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, USA |
| Poster | Unpacking challenges at the intersection of fatphobia and intellectual disabilities Carina Elisabeth Carlsen, The Centre for Equality, Norway |
| Poster | Physical activity motivations and their relation to attitudes about fatness in fat exercisers and non-exercisers: A mixed methods approach Becky Scott, School of Sport Rehabilitation and Exercise Science, University of Essex, UK |
| Poster | Stigma associated with weight affects face perception in future healthcare professionals Edita Fino, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy, et al. |
| Poster | Weight stigma in healthcare settings: The experiences of Arab and Jewish bariatric surgery candidates in Israel Roni Elran-Barak et al., School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Israel |
| n/a | Weight-based discrimination and the intersection with other forms of discrimination on self-report health outcomes among Canadians: A population-based cross-sectional study Maria Nicula, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMasters University, Canada, et al. |
| Poster | “Unsustainable pressure”: A critical discourse analysis of the UK ‘anti-obesity’ policy response ‘Better Health’ during the COVID-19 pandemic Ruth Venn, School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature, University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Poster | Fatness and the built environment: A study of fatphobia through the lenses of racisms, classism, and health Meghan Grant, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK |
| n/a | The role of healthism self-attitudes in predicting general anti-fat attitudes MacKenzie D A Robertson et al., School of Health in Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Poster | Addressing weight stigma through self-compassion: Psychological benefits for women with lipoedema Chantelle Clarke et al., School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Australia |
| Poster | Healthcare professional education for weight-inclusive care Erika L Crowley, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Canada, et al. |
| History of weight-loss encouragement is associated with decreased likelihood of eating disorder treatment utilization Caitlin B Shepherd, Within Health; Department of Psychology, Smith College, USA et al. |
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| Poster | Can we compare body-related constructs in people across the weight spectrum? A weight stigma perspective on measurement invariance of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-v2) Janell L Mensinger et al., Department of Clinical and School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University, USA |
| Poster | Cellular and molecular effects of weight stigma: The effect of cortisol on hypothalamic neurons in vitro AsiaLuna Patlis, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, USA |
| Poster | Weight stigma in Brazil: Experiences among healthcare professionals and the general population Paula Victoria Sozza Silva Gulá, Department of Psychology, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Psychology, Universitat Autònomica de Barcelona, Spain, et al. |
| Day 2 | |
| Keynote Speaker | |
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Stacy Bias |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 4 – Politics and policy | |
| Body weight predicts vote share in the 2022 U.S. Congressional Elections Claire Gothreau, Nicholas Haas, Center for the Experimental–Philosophical Study of Discrimination, Aarhus University, Denmark |
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| Video | Pandemic collisions: Critical reflections on ‘Co-Vesity’ and discourses of risk and weight stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic in England Rachel Colls, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK |
| Video | Updates from the Campaign for Size Freedom Tigress Osborn, NAAFA, USA |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 5 – Physical activity | |
| Weight stigma in physical activity spaces: The current state of evidence and practice Garcia Ashdown-Franks, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University, UK. et al. |
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| n/a | Understanding fitness professionals’ weight biases and update of weight inclusive practices: Findings from a mixed-methods survey Kat Schneider, Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, UK, et al. |
| n/a | “It’s not about my weight”: Interim findings from an ethnographic study of weight-neutral physical activity practices in the UK Victoria Empson, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK |
| n/a | Anything she can do: The effectiveness of fat role models in promoting physical activity in sedentary higher-weight women Angela Meadows, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK |
| Oral Presentations: Theme 6 – Intersectional weight stigma | |
| Video | Weight stigma and the patriarchy: An intersectional spiritual perspective on race, gender, and weight Rev Dr E-K Daufin, independent scholar, Professor Emerita, Multimedia Communications, Alabama State University, USA |
| Video | Prospective relationships of weight stigma and positive body image among sexual minority men Emma Austen, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| n/a | “We get it, I’m fat!”: A taxonomy of fat microaggressions Lauren Munro, School of Disability Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada |
| Breakout Session 2 | |
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Research workshop: Developing weight discrimination training for medical professionalsKim Jamie, Department of Sociology, Rachel Colls, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK |
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Seminar: Pinning and winning for fat representation: NAAFA and Pinterest’s Partnership for Size InclusionTigress Osborn, NAAFA, USA |
| Breakout Session 3 | |
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Symposium: Fat performanceEmpowering fatness through burlesque and fat liberation |
Workshop: Turning your weight bias research or topic into an interactive lectureSophie Orr et al., Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Davis Health, USA |
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Prize winners 2024
Best oral presentation: Ashlea Gillon
Best poster presentation: Carina Carlsen