Ditching Weight Stigma and Anti-Fat Bias at School

Big and Small Equity Fixes for Educators
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-87031-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Equity and Social Justice in Education Series

Learn how anti-fat bias, weight stigma, and fatphobia show up in P-12 educational spaces and how that bias impacts the learners, educators, and communities where it happens.

In this important book, author Cait O'Connor reveals common problems with anti-fatness toward students in the classroom, in the curriculum, across subject areas, in the cafeteria, and after school. She also discusses anti-fatness toward teachers and staff. Throughout, she helps educators reflect on these issues and offers concrete solutions and equity fixes.

No matter what grade or subject you teach, you will benefit from the book's insightful research and practical strategies, and you'll come away prepared to help create a more equitable, stigma-free learning environment for all constituents.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connor, Cait

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Sport (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Press Play  1. Introduction 2. Facing the Music: Seeing Anti-Fat Bias as a Problem 3. “We’ve Been Waiting for You”: Changing the Built Environment  4. The Health/Phys Ed Trauma is Over (If you want it): Health, PE, and Anti-Fat Bias  Part 2: Hit Pause 5. The Miseducation of Everyone: Weight Stigma Across Content Areas 6. Cheeseburgers in Paradise: School Lunch, Food and Diet Culture 7. School’s Out: Fighting Weight Stigma in Extracurricular Activity  Part 3: The Remix  8. Workin’ 7-3: Anti-Fat Bias and the Teacher Day 9. We’re All in this Together: Collaborating for Change

Über Autor(innen)

Cait O’Connor (@JustTeachingELA) is an eighth grade English/ENL teacher in Larchmont, New York. She is also a middle school GSA advisor, Sign Language Club advisor, and an advocate for LGBTQIA+ youth, size inclusivity, mental health, peer-community engagement, and disability justice.