fat acceptance
Size-inclusive social movement
Fat acceptance is a social movement advocating that people of all body sizes deserve respect and fair treatment, rejecting the stigma attached to being overweight or obese.
It challenges assumptions that fatness is inherently unhealthy or reflects personal failure: The fat acceptance movement has pushed back against diet culture.
Critics argue it discourages weight loss even when medically advisable.
- body positivityAcceptance of all figures
- body imageFeelings about one's appearance
- plus sizeLarger clothing designation
- adiposityExcessive bodily fat
- intuitive eatingDiet-free body-responsive eating
stigma · shame · fat activist · hug · anti-discrimination laws · healthcare access · intersectionality · equal treatment · equity · bariatric · empowerment · inclusivity · comfort · Lizzo · social justice · self-esteem · plus-size · societal norms
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, feminist movement, suffrage movement
- wellness trendswellness, mindfulness, juice cleanse, meditation, juicing
- Body Rightsbodily autonomy, medical consent, self-ownership, reproductive rights, medical autonomy
- Stigmasmental illness, HIV, AIDS, homelessness, addiction
- health stancespro-vaccine, anti-vaccine, anti-vax, pro-life, pro-choice
fat acceptancediet culture
Belief system prioritizing thinness
fatphobia · fat shaming · body shaming · weight stigma · thinspiration
fat acceptancefat shaming
Ridiculing overweight people
body shaming · weight stigma · sizeism · weight discrimination · lookism
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