04/25/2022
I speak with many people every day. If your doctor shames you, denies your symptoms, doesn’t believe your narrative about your own body that you’ve lived in your entire life—
find another professional who will listen.
It may save your life.
✨⭐️ you shouldn’t have to worry about being weight shamed at the doctors. ⭐️✨
✨ Weight sigma can manifest in many different ways at the doctors office. It may be a disapproving look as you step off the scale or worse - blaming all of your symptoms on weight.
✨ weight alone is not a predictor of health. The focus many providers have on diet and exercise alone assumes that weight is always within a person’s control, when often it’s tied to a number of factors, including someone’s income, neighborhood, access to healthy food & so much more. You can also be healthy with a larger body.
💓 we deserve access to high quality healthcare without weight shame and stigma.
⭐️ [illustration of a woman with brown skin and medium length blue hair. she has visible stretch marks and body hair. text reads, 'you deserve to be heard and believed at the doctors.’]
