Was Live Friday, Apr. 12, 2024 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Dr. Susie Orbach, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, and author of “Fat is a Feminist Issue”
- Dr. Gary Goldfield, Senior Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute with the Healthy Active Living & Obesity Research Group
- Jasmyne Cannick, race, politics, and social issues commentator and an award-winning journalist
- Childhood obesity and school bullying – speaker TBD
Event Overview
Americans are getting fatter: one-third of US residents are considered overweight by traditional BMI standards. And 2 out of 5 adults are obese. About 20 percent of children are overweight or obese. The rise in weight comes amid a culture mandating thinness, as new weight loss drugs promoted by celebrities and influencers claim anyone can be thin.
Speakers this week will discuss the history of stigma surrounding fatness; the seeming demise of the body positivity movement and the push towards an anti-diet culture; the impact of new weight loss drugs; the role of social media in creating negative self-perception and unhealthy dieting behaviors among teens and young adults; and childhood obesity’s link to school bullying.
