ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explores the ways in which weight discrimination and fat phobia impact clients, clinicians, and the health care system. The case study presented offers insight into how people in larger body sizes may experience the world and how the intersectionality of other forms of marginalization has an impact on health. Clinicians are invited to practice using curiosity in evaluating their own internalized biases and how these biases impact the care they provide, as well as practice being accountable to the power they hold in the body they inhabit. In an effort to practice being judiciously curious about the information and research that clinicians consume, an overview of research is provided to highlight the misinformation about health, body size, and weight as well as provide more accurate data about the factors that have a meaningful impact on one’s health, such as oppression and discrimination. Finally, ideas for best practice are provided to guide clinicians in embodying cultural humility, specifically through the use of curiosity and accountability, when it comes to size diversity and health.
