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Institutional Fatphobia

Title (Dublin Core)

Institutional Fatphobia

Description (Dublin Core)

This post shared publically through Instagram discusses the issues that fat people face when seeing a doctor. This was shared in response to not only the weight bias spurred on by the pandemic but to highlight the institutionalization of fatphobia in the medicine. The media and health experts have been having a field day pointing the finger at obesity for death rates and complications for months. All while toting the advice to lose weight and their preferred diets to do so. Despite the fact diets fail 90% of the time no matter how dedicated the individual or that obesity is not a condition but a symptom of conditions that put people at a higher risk from COVID-19 complications such as other health issues, poverty, access to medical care, access to nutritional foods, access to sick pay and sick leave, and so on.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 30, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

B. Deutsch

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Stephanie Berry

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Instagram Post

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Instagram

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Conflict
English Emotion
English Food & Drink
English Healthcare
English Health & Wellness
English Social Media (including Memes)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

fatphobia
medicine
bias
diet
obesity

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

medical fat phobia
#FoodisLife
institutionalized
weight bias
diet

Collection (Dublin Core)

Foodways
Deathways

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tracking For Sanity
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/01/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/15/2020
12/08/2020
01/29/21
08/02/2022
09/30/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/30/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on August 1, 2020 by Stephanie Berry using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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