Intro
What is Fat Studies?
Fat studies addresses inconsistencies in societal and academic claims about fat bodies.
What is the anti-fat bias?
A bias against fat bodies which frames fatness as wrong.
How much money is the diet industry worth in the U.S?
more than $72 million
What is the first principle of design in inclusive architecture?
The design has equitable use. it is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities.
Was there a time in history when fatness was praised?
Yes! It was previously a marker of wealth in Europe. Doctors even used to promote weight gain!
What does Fat Studies encourage or promote?
Fat Studies encourages the challenging and questioning of stereotypes about fat people.
How is Plan B discriminatory to fat people?
Plan B has a weight limit of 165 lbs!
What negative impacts does diet culture have?
It promotes unhealthy mindsets and behaviors that can seriously impact peoples' health.
What is the second principle of design in inclusive architecture?
The potential use of the design is flexible, it acommodates a wide range of individual preferences.
Why was there a shift in beauty standards from fatness being praised to thinness?
Racism that is embedded within the anti-fat bias
Is using the word fat ok? Why?
YES!
Ex: BMI, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Access to Treatment
What behaviors may be a product of being sucked into diet culture?
Not being emotionally present, spending money on dieting products, negative physical and mental side effects of chronic dieting
What is the third principle of design in inclusive architecture?
The design is simple and can be intuitively utilized. No one needs to learn how to use the design it is self-explanatory.
Is the BMI a valid measure of health?
NO! It is not a scientifically accurate measure of health.
How does anti-fatness manifest explicitly?
Negative comments, blatant discrimination, lack of accessible infrastructure, lack of inclusive clothing sizes
What could be done to deconstruct the anti-fat bias?
Possible answers: challenging internalized personal bias, educating yourself, challenging others bias
How is diet culture a scam?
Diets are not correlated with long term weight loss. Diet culture is an attempt to profit off of the upholding of unattainable beauty standards.
What is the sixth principle of design in inclusive architecture?
The design takes a low amount of physical effort to be utilized. It can be comfortable and easily used.
How does the beauty industry benefit from anti-fatness?
They are able to profit off of the construction of fatness as something to be solved through purchasing weight-loss and beauty products.
How does anti-fatness manifest implicitly?
Ex: Through modern diet culture which may frame itself as "wellness" although it is internally anti-fat.
What would a world where the anti-fat bias has been deconstructed look like?
ALL ANSWERS ARE RIGHT !
What percent of people who identify as women have a form of disordered eating?
65%
What is the seventh principle of design for inclusive architecture?
The design is a size and shape that can be used comfortably by anyone, no matter their size, shape or level of mobility.
How does the anti-fat bias manifest in the medical field today?
Ex: The false association of weight as a marker of health, doctors choosing to not treat patients until they lose weight (even though that is not the source of their health issues)