Sizeism and stereotypes of fat people can have a negative impact on their physical health and well-being. Disrespectful treatment and medical fat shaming (in an attempt to motivate people to change their behavior) is stressful and can cause patients to delay health care seeking or avoid interacting with providers. The assumption that weight is responsible…
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About the Fat Studies format
Fat Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Obesity and Health Practices, Diversity and Impact of Dance, Eating Disorders and Behaviors.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Fat Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Obesity and Health Practices Diversity and Impact of Dance Eating Disorders and Behaviors Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Culinary Culture and Tourism |
| ISSN | 2160-4851 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.42 |
| h-index | 29 |
| i10-index | 112 |
| Total citations | 3,617 |
| Top institutions publishing here | York University |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Fat Studies
In this introduction to the special issue on digital media and body weight, the author brings together fat studies and critical social analyses of digital media to discuss the manifold ways in which body weight, size, and shape are represented and performed in and with these media. A proliferation of diverse voices and images receive…
This article provides an overview of harms associated with public policy promotion of the weight-centered health paradigm and suggests that a shift away from weight-centered health policies is required. Given the evidence about the negative health implications of weight-centric health policies, the objectives are to explore why public policy officials uncritically rely on and promote…
AbstractThis article seeks to examine the scholarly journal articles and print media that describe the intersections of child protection and pediatric "obesity," arguing that presentations of these cases and related interventions rest at the nexus of dominant discourses of child-centered parenting and fears of the "obesity epidemic." The messaging in both scholarly literature and news…
The fat female body is typically not considered attractive or sexual in Western culture. Not surprisingly, the scholarship about fat women's dating and sexual histories is deficient. To address this gap, 36 fat-identified women were interviewed about their body image, involvement in the size acceptance movement, and their dating and sexual histories. Results indicated that…