Not Blaming Fat People For Failed Weight Loss Isn't Enough

Healthcare practitioners have a long history of blaming and shaming fat patients for the failure of intentional weight loss. While fat activists and weight-neutral healthcare practitioners have been talking about this for literally decades, we are starting to hear pushback against this from, what seems at the outset, an unlikely source – the weight loss industry.Suddenly they seem to be falling all over themselves to admit the failure of intentional weight loss.While that seems like a step in the right direction, it’s their next step that is so dangerous and insidious. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe