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| Day 1 | |
| Land acknowledgment and Welcome | |
| Keynote Speaker | |
| Dr Joy Cox Activist, Author, and Independent Scholar Reaching back to move forward: What is to be said about the future of fat liberation? |
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| Oral Presentations: Theme 1 – Everyday weight stigma | |
| Fat in public: A critical examination of accessibility, belonging, and spatial (in)justice Lauren Munro, Toronto Metropolitan University |
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| Following practice guidelines, but doing harm? Experimental evidence that healthcare providers’ weight-related advice leads to weight-based identity threat Erin C Standen et al., University of Minnesota |
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| Is the healthcare environment toxic for healthcare professionals with larger bodies? Sean Phelan, Mayo Clinic |
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| Breakout Sessions 1 | |
| Critiquing fat oppression in the age of Wegovy Rachel Fox, UC San Diego; Marquisele Mercedes, Brown University; Blakeley H Payne, CU Boulder; Monica Kriete, Independent scholar |
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| Family Feud: Using EFFT to address anti-fat bias when working with families in eating disorder treatment Kaila Peak-Rishel, Eating Recovery Center (ERC), Kava Counseling; Kristie Simmons, ERC; Meredith Nisbet, ERC, Three Birds Counseling |
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| Oral Presentations: Theme 2 – Weight Stigma in Public Health | |
| “I tell my son: don’t eat until you’re full”: Weight stigma and unintended consequences; a qualitative study in Chilean children Cecilia Prieto et al., University of Edinburgh |
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| Why debunking the “Obesity Epidemic” won’t solve weight stigma Rachel Fox, UC San Diego |
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| Slimming World complained about us! An alternative: Social prescribing to improve access to weight-neutral healthcare Helen James, Nutriri |
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| Breakout Sessions 2 | |
| When guidelines harm: A deeper dive into the AAP Guidelines for “Childhood Ob*sity” Erin Knopf, Very.Health |
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| Legal protection against weight discrimination: Developing concrete proposals for inclusion in anti-discrimination law Stephanie von Liebenstein, German Association Against Weight Discrimination Law as both executioner and savior: Insights from the Canadian experience |
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| Breakout Sessions 3 | |
| Weight-neutral healthcare policy and services in practice: Doncaster Council’s alternative “childhood weight management” service Saima Nazir, Holly Campbell, Doncaster City Council, UK |
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| Advancing weight-inclusive education for health professionals: Student perspectives Jessica Mui, Rowan University, MSSI; Noelle McPhail, Pacific County Voices Uniting |
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| Keynote Speaker | |
| Tigress Osborn National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance What’s the solution? Size Inclusion! Building a successful nationwide campaign for fat legal rights in the USA |
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| Poster Session | |
| Poster | Diet culture perseveres through a pandemic: A longitudinal content analysis of #Quarantine15 Instagram Images Katey Park et al., Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Poster | Doncaster’s ‘Compassionate Approach’: A vision for the introduction of weight-neutral healthcare policy in the UK Karen Horrocks, Office for Health Improvement & Disparities et al. |
| Poster | The burden of weight bias: Internalizing weight biases and experiences of embodiment Susan Williams et al., Washington State University |
| Poster | Understanding fat embodiment, weight stigma and resistance Clea M. B. Sturgess et al., University of Victoria |
| Poster | Weight stigma: A barrier to psychiatric/mental health medication visits Kiki Kline, University of Tennessee et al. |
| Poster | Experiences of weight stigma during cancer treatment: A qualitative study Sarah Nash et al., University of Iowa |
| Poster | “They say beauty is vain”: The explicit and implicit biases of various body proportions Rosha FeiziLighvan et al., UCLA |
| Poster | A pilot and feasibility 14-day study to assess the relationships between weight stigma, dietary intake and objectively measured physical activity and sleep Nicola Buckland, University of Sheffield, et al. |
| Poster | Internalized weight stigma and men’s body image and eating behaviors: Does masculinity contingency matter? Katarina Huellemann et al., Western University |
| Poster | Unpacking intersectional weight stereotypes in relation to race and gender Megan Lindloff et al., Western University |
| Poster | Overcoming implementation barriers in the shift to weight inclusive care: The need for multi-level interventions Mindy L. McEntee, Arizona State University |
| Poster | Experience of embodiment in Indigenous and white post-secondary students Rachel McMillan et al., Dalhousie University |
| Poster | The effects of Westernization on non-Western body ideals and weight stigma Alicia Batshone et al., Nova Southeastern University |
| Poster | Establishing the reliability and validity of the Diet Culture Beliefs Scale Laura Hogan, Colorado State University |
| Poster | Assessment of medical student understanding and interest in weight bias Katherine Etsell, University of Michigan et al. |
| Poster | Combatting weight stigma on campus: Student projects driving change Kimberly McClure-Brenchley, St. John Fisher University |
| Ideological orientations in “obesity” prevention: An African perspective Pontsho Pilane, Stellenbosch University |
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| Poster | Examining anti-fat bias in Kinesiology and Public Health & Nutrition Department at Cal Poly Jillian Chandler et al., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo |
| Poster | Public self-awareness partially explains the relationship between appearance-related media pressure and perceived weight discrimination Ashley Araiza, Angelo State University |
| Poster | “All hail the real queens of the universe”: The impact of social media on body image and internalized weight stigma Rosemary Porter et al., Linfield University |
| Poster | The weight of words on TikTok: The effect of anti-fat microaggressions on viewers’ mood and self-esteem Rivers Walters et al., University of Essex |
| Poster | Slim? Thick? I like them all: The broad conceptualisation of beauty and judgments of higher-weight versus normative-weight women Sara Mendonca Pinto et al., University of Essex |
| Poster | Putting up with it: The influences of weight stigma on UK women’s tendency to avoid healthcare Fahmida Haque et al., University of Essex |
| Poster | To speak or not to speak, that is the question: Weight stigma resistance and psychological wellbeing in observers Amy Bathgate et al., University of Essex |
| Poster | “Doctor-prescribed and mother-encouraged”: Interpersonal interactions and body image concerns in higher-weight clients Eza Dios, University of Washington, et al. |
| Poster | Difficult To Modify: A poetic inquiry into the need for weight neutrality in health and fitness spaces JodiAnn Stevenson, California Institute of Integral Studies |
| Poster | “If they say it for my own good, it leaves a deeper scar”: Exploring experiences of benevolent fat-phobia among higher-weight Iranian women Mahshid Founoudi, Edith Cowan University |
| Poster | Teaching medical students how to avoid overreliance on BMI in diagnosing and caring for patients with eating disorders Kratika Mishra, University of Southern California, et al. |
| Poster | Healing from weight stigma in community: A thematic analysis of the “We Deserve Space” group intervention for large-bodied individuals Devin A Kelly, University of Denver, et al. |
| Poster | “It’s so internalized, and it’s so personal”: A qualitative study exploring MSW students’ experiences in a weight stigma course Sarah Sullivan et al., University of Denver |
| Poster | Words are heavy: A review of current literature on terminology related to body size Molly Robbins et al., Nova Southeastern University |
| Day 2 | |
| Keynote Speaker | |
| Shilo George Łush Kumtux Tumtum Consulting Body sovereignty: Addressing weight stigma, building bridges of care |
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| Oral Presentations: Theme 3 – Weight stigma in the academy | |
| Slides | Are researchers perpetuating weight stigma? Construction of the “maternal habitus” in research on weight stigma in pregnancy Jenny Cole, Keele University |
| What’s the big fat deal? The experience of fat students in college Andrea Melrose Guimaraes, Lindenwood University |
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| Pathways and pitfalls to conducting ethical research on promoting weight inclusive physical activity Sara Stanley, Megan Sutton, Western University |
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| Breakout Sessions 4 | |
| Ethics and pedagogy in health education: Interventions for change Nancy Ellis-Ordway, Private Practice |
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| Eating disorder trauma-informed yoga and its effects on participants’ internalized weight stigma Jessica Smith, University of Maryland; Tessa Gordon, Embodying Hope |
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| Oral Presentations: Theme 4 – Weight Stigma in Healthcare | |
| Harmful consequences of BMI-restrictive criteria for accessing assisted reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom Rebecca Muir et al., Queen Mary University of London |
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| Joint reconstruction BMI cutoff justifications of Californian orthopaedic surgeons Blaine A Christiansen et al., UC Davis |
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| “I just wanted the same treatment as everybody else”: Weight stigma in higher levels of care for eating disorders Erin Harrop et al., University of Denver |
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| Breakout Sessions 5 | |
| Weight stigma in the trauma field: Why it happens and what we can do Judith Matz, Author, Private Practice; Rachel Millner, Private Practice |
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| How should we be building lived experience into weight stigma research? Your chance to help set the agenda for better real-word research design Hugh Bidstrup, La Trobe University, Australian Catholic University; Angela Meadows, University of Essex |
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| Oral Presentations: Theme 5 – Interventions to Reduce Weight Stigma | |
| Challenges and successes in reducing weight stigma with a short intervention Cynthia Smith, University of Alberta |
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| Reducing Anti-Fat Bias Toward the Self and Others: A Randomized Controlled Trial Emily Kramer et al., University of Colorado, Boulder |
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| Love-weight relationship: Reducing the impact of weight stigma through an academic for-credit seminar Sophie Orr et al., UC Davis |
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Prize winners 2023
Best oral presentation: Sophie Orr, Love-weight relationship: Reducing the impact of weight stigma through an academic for-credit seminar
Best poster presentation: Sarah Sullivan, “It’s so internalized, and it’s so personal”: A qualitative study exploring MSW students’ experiences in a weight stigma course
Thank you to Dr. Nancy Ellis-Ordway and Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin for donating copies of their books as prizes.
“On fat and faith: Ending weight stigma in yourself, your sanctuary and society” by Rev Dr E-K Daufin. Published by 10-10-10 Publishing. Website and additional resources: OnFatandFaith.com
“Weight stigma in health education: Critical perspectives for pedagogy and practice” edited by Heather Brown and Nancy Ellis-Ordway. Published by Routledge, Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness series. Publisher link
“Thrive at any weight: Eating to nourish body, soul, and self-esteem” by Nancy Ellis-Ordway. Published by Holtzbrinck. Website and additional resources: neomsw.com