“[Lindo] Bacon pointed out that health is a privilege to which people don’t have equal access, and research is increasingly finding that the health issues attributed to being fat can be exacerbated by stigma and discrimination.
“Too often, the stigma fat people face is veiled as ‘concern for health,’ ” Bacon said. “Though it may be well-intended, it compounds the harms fat people face.” The best way to express that concern is to confront weight stigma, Bacon said”
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