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Weight Stigma in Health Care – Online Course with Aunt Amelia

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Amelia Mitchell

For those of us in large bodies, “what are we going to do about the weight?” is a perennial question from health care providers. It is somehow meant to be collaborative, yet always falls short. It is a question that immediately blames body size and the person in the body for any concerns It is…

Resources from Aunt Amelia – Weight Stigma

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Amelia Mitchell

While creating the online course “What are we going to do about the weight?” Weight Stigma in Health Care, it was important to me to provide a list of resources and information. Here is a non-exhaustive list of books, online resources, and podcasts that I may well edit and add to as time goes on….

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Weight Stigma, a Story from Aunt Amelia

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Amelia Mitchell

Forget breast cancer awareness, our culture and medical system needs to address weight stigma, and all the harm it does to people in bodies of all sizes.

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For Fat Folks over 50, I Got You

Posted on November 26, 2019May 18, 2020 by Amelia Mitchell

Some days I look around me and see so much love and support for bodies that are considered big or fat*, chubby or enormous. I have been all of those things for as long as I remember. In fact, I do not remember a time when I was not aware that I was bigger than…

Clothing the Fat Body 101

Posted on October 24, 2019May 18, 2020 by Amelia Mitchell

A Primer for straight sized and small fat people, especially HAES therapists, dietitians, counselors, and other clinicians working with clients in large bodies.

How Do I Know How Harmful WW’s Kurbo is for Kids?

Posted on August 18, 2019August 21, 2019 by Amelia Mitchell

Because I’ve lived it. I was a child at my first weight watcher’s meeting. All the press and pushback against ww is good. They need to end this program immediately. It is poorly considered, dangerous, and profit driven. I am also aware of how incredibly triggered I have been this week. Trauma remains in my…

“Obesity” is Often Cited as a “Cause” for Cancer, that’s a lazy correlation.

Posted on July 7, 2019July 28, 2019 by Amelia Mitchell

Obesity is often cited as a “cause” cause of cancer. That’s a lazy correlation. Waht about Medical fat bias, diet culture, shame, judgement, and bullying of fat bodies, decades fo failed diets and weight cycling, malnutrition and severe food restrictions, eating disorders, stress …

Carrot Juice and Untangling Self-Responsibility

Posted on August 16, 2018April 13, 2019 by Amelia Mitchell

The noise that juicer made was enough to wake the neighbors, and carrots came in 50lb. bags, all to satisfy Mike’s desires to make the best possible choices for his health.  Juicing was one of many paths he followed as he read Prevention magazine, bought supplements, followed eating plans and diets, turned slightly orange, attended…

I Can Feel My Belly

Posted on July 4, 2016August 20, 2019 by Amelia Mitchell

As I relax in the sun watching girls ride after school and after work I can feel the warmth and the breeze. I can feel my connection with the kids and horses and feel my face shift to a smile when someone jumps a good course. In every moment there are so many sensory inputs….

You Are Not Twiggy

Posted on December 14, 2011April 13, 2019 by Amelia Mitchell

Dear Ones, We were in to see the head of radiology last Wednesday, he is terrific in so many ways, and he has a level of judgment regarding my body size, about which he feels no compulsion to suppress his opinion. Twiggy Which meant that when discussing scheduling the radiation simulation, he told me we…

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