, or size discrimination, have severe impacts on a patient’s care. Doctors typically use an antiquated scale to determine health, and sometimes, more serious issues are written off as needing to lose weight. And that’s true even for plus-size celebrity women.
New mom, model, and long-time fat activist Hunter McGrady has experienced it first hand. To further illustrate and prove her point, McGrady shared a collage of photos that shows her body at different sizes and states throughout her life.“Swipe through to see every version of myself that has experienced fatphobia in the medical field,” she captioned it. “I’ve always been told to lose weight. I’ve always been told that any ailment I had was due to weight.
How does she know this? She claimed that she and her sister, Michaela McGrady received thousands of messages from other fat folks who claim to have been mistreated by doctors. McGrady then told fans that she and her sister would be delving further into this on her podcast The Model Citizen.Tess Holliday
opened up about having an eating disorder which was not believed by “fans” and medical professionals alike because of her size. No matter what anyone looks like, they need to be taken seriously when it comes to their symptoms and the medical help they need. Their weight shouldn’t prevent doctors from doing their basic jobs.
I was thin I had four people in my family with eating disorders. Be careful. My family members died before 45 …. I am not thin today because of a depressive event ..but I am slowly looking more tone and fit …. Be happy shine don’t get tooo serious about thin
Phobia…. No, more like larger people are scientifically harder to treat. healthliteracy