Guest Editorial: Rethinking how we see and respond to fatness

Young, Jessica

doi:10.1071/hcv8n4_ed2

Cited by 2 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…6 Our guest editorial discusses the concept of obesity or 'fatness', highlighting the four papers in this issue relating to nutritional issues. 7 Are we, as a society, in the grip of a 'moral panic' about the way we eat, our editorialist asks?…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

From the Editor: Forces of nature

Dovey¹

2016

J Prim Health Care

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

mentioning

confidence: 99%

From the Editor: Forces of nature

Dovey¹

2016

J Prim Health Care

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Critical health and fat studies scholars have pointed to the negative consequences for fat people resulting from public health policies that reflect healthism and disregard the social and structural determinants of health (Mackert & Schorb, 2022;Pausé, 2017). When health policies/practices target specific behaviours and illnesses, those behaviours and illnesses that are deemed to be 'unhealthy' become stigmatised (Browne et al, 2013;Lewis et al, 2011;Scambler, 2009;Young, 2016). This stigmatisation is used to discourage and dissuade such behaviours through the dissemination of harmful stereotypes, narratives and images relating to fatness (Scambler, 2009;Zhu et al, 2022).…”

Section: Healthism and The Individualisation Of Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Lee, 2014;Matacin & Simone, 2019) Alongside self-advocacy, there has been a recent rise in the fat acceptance movement, which has included health advocacy by the fat community. Health at Every Size (HAES) is an organisation that was introduced as an alternative weight loss approach that focuses on the person's health rather than weight (Frederick et al, 2020;Lee & Pausé, 2016;Young, 2016). This approach, whilst still receiving some criticism for its healthism approach that privileges the attainment of health, helps move the definition of health away from body size and shape (Frederick et al, 2020;Nath, 2019;Young, 2016).…”

Section: Fatphobia and Discrimination In Healthcarementioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

Stolte

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

<p><strong>This study investigates self-identified fat people’s experiences of COVID-19 vaccination centres in Aotearoa NZ. This includes attention to multiple facets of the experience of COVID-19 vaccination centres including the physical environment, interaction with service providers, and knowledge of and access to a long needle in accordance with Ministry of Health vaccination guidelines. The thesis employs a critical realist/contextualist approach, underpinned by the theory of body privilege. Qualitative content analysis is used to analyse open-ended survey responses collected as part of a broader international study. Three main themes are identified from the data set. The first theme, ‘“Crammed in Like Sardines”: Navigating COVID-19 vaccination centre environments’ found mixed experiences and a number of challenges in fat people’s access to and movement through vaccination centres. The second theme, “Thank fuck for fat activists”: The need for COVID-19 vaccination advocacy’ captured the importance that fat people’s advocacy played, both at the individual and community level in ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccinations and in raising awareness about long needle guidelines. The third theme, ‘“I worry about the effectiveness of my vaccine now”: Trust and authority in the vaccination encounter’ identifies the power imbalance within vaccination centres that placed authority with the vaccinator and undermined fat people’s self-advocacy and self-determination for long needle use. I demonstrate the corrosive impact this had on fat people’s confidence that they were protected from COVID-19 and subsequently their trust in the governments COVID-19 responsiveness for fat people. Findings highlight the healthcare inequities experienced by fat people when accessing COVID-19 vaccination that can also be seen reflected in everyday healthcare systems and settings. Vaccination centers were found to privilege thinness at both a structural and interactional level which excluded fat people and disregarded the needs of the fat community as well as other marginalized communities. These inequities ultimately served to undermine public health policies that were meant to protect and provide equitable care to the entire population. The neglect of fat people’s needs led to the requirement of advocacy by fat people to seek accessible and equitable healthcare. Whilst effective in helping promote protection for fat people, public health programmes that rely on community and self-advocacy to ensure responsiveness to marginalized communities is neither a fair solution nor is it sustainable in the long term. Research findings point to important lessons to be learned to ensure the inclusion of and responsiveness to fat people in future pandemic responses and in healthcare systems more generally.</strong></p>

show abstract

Guest Editorial: Rethinking how we see and respond to fatness

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

From the Editor: Forces of nature

From the Editor: Forces of nature

Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About