Size Bias and Eating Disorder Recovery: Healing Across the Weight Spectrum

Weight stigma, also known as weight bias, fatphobia, or anti-fat bias, describes the systematic oppression that people in larger bodies experience in occupational, social, and medical systems. This bias is especially harmful among people personally impacted by eating disorders. Thus, awareness of anti-fat bias is essential in providing affirming care in eating disorder treatment spaces.

This webinar will define fatphobia and weight stigma, discuss their cultural impact on those with eating disorders, and explore resulting internalized beliefs around weight, size, and shape. This presentation will provide considerations for eating disorder care across the size spectrum, and offer interventions and tools for clients to navigate weight stigma and fatphobia. This webinar will acknowledge the importance of the recovery journey, which entails recognizing systemic forces that fuel eating disorders, and acquiring skills to navigate these oppressive experiences.