by Erica Leon | Sep 23, 2025
Weight stigma, also called weight bias, weight discrimination, fat shaming, or sizeism, is one of the last socially acceptable forms of discrimination. It shows up in schools, workplaces, families, and even healthcare settings. Research has found that weight...
by Erica Leon | Jun 29, 2019
Fatphobia, or weight stigma as it is often referred to, impacts us all, but impacts people in larger bodies the most. We are a culture that equates *fat* with ill health, and often describes fat people as lazy, unintelligent, or sloppy. This diet culture that we live...
by Erica Leon | Sep 11, 2017
“Fears of weight gain lead some people to turn intuitive eating into another diet.” – Erica Leon Written by Ashley Seruya, B.A. Desire for weight loss is SO normal in our society, and fear of weight gain is completely understandable. We’re...
by Erica Leon | Apr 27, 2017
Written by Ashley Seruya, B.A. The intuitive eating process brings about a lot of change, some of which can be downright terrifying. Enter: weight gain. It should be noted that weight gain is a possible side effect of making peace with food, but it isn’t necessarily...
