INDEX

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ableism, 10, 54, 155, 157. See also disability justice

abortion, 156

abuse, 29, 115, 116, 131, 155. See also anti-fat attitudes; fat shaming; physical violence against fat people; sexual violence

acceptance. See fat acceptance

accessibility of healthcare, 154–56, 162–63. See also medical bias and discrimination

acting, 43. See also media representations of fatness

activism. See fat activism

actuarial personhood, 144

adaptive clothing, 156

adoption, 156

African Americans, 25, 48–49, 78, 155. See also racism

Airline Deregulation Act (1978), 17–18

airline industry, 17–20, 161, 163. See also flying experiences of fat people

Alaska Airlines, 18–19

Alli (weight loss drug), 164

All in the Family (television show), 132

Allison, Michelle, 148

AM2DM (television show), 74

American identity and fat shaming, 53–54. See also fat shaming

American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 79

American Journal of Public Health, 83

American Medical Association, 50

amphetamine epidemic, 59, 60

anger, 16, 72–73, 123, 128, 132, 157. See also physical violence against fat people

anorexia nervosa, 50, 62, 63. See also eating disorders

anti-fat attitudes: by Arbour, 22, 23; author’s personal experience with, 1–3, 13–17, 28–30, 71–73, 90–91, 136–37; on choice, 81–82, 86, 88–89, 104; concern and concern trolling, 73–81, 88–89; coping mechanisms against, 41, 43; defined, 10; effects on physical and mental health, 51–52, 78–79, 90–91, 125, 145, 149; fat justice against, 6–8, 29, 160–66; in feminist movements, 104, 108–10; historical overview of, 47–48; institutionalism of, 28; internalization of, 28, 40, 78, 79, 82, 117, 145; by medical care providers, 139–50; towards men, 97–99; public opinion polls on, 52–53, 66, 78; research studies on, 23–24, 25–26, 146–47; on sexuality, 97–99, 101–102, 106–107; thinsecurity, 66–68; towards transpeople, 98–99; of TYT, 22–23. See also diet culture; discrimination; fat shaming

antisemitism, 48

anxiety, 47, 141, 145, 150. See also mental health

Arbour, Nicole, 21, 22

Arkansas, 40

Asian Americans, 49

Association of Size Diversity and Health, 10

Atkins diet, 46

Austin Powers (film), 96, 129

Avengers: Endgame (film), 120

Baartman, Saartjie, 131

Bacon, Lindo, 148

bathrooms on airplanes, 17, 18

Beard, George Miller, 47

Behar, Joy, 21

Berg, Alex, 74

The Biggest Loser (television show), 27–28, 31, 54, 75, 96, 125–26

Big Momma’s House series (film), 96, 129

A Billion Wicked Thoughts (Ogas and Gaddam), 114

binge eating disorder, 62, 78, 79, 117, 134. See also eating disorders

Black Americans, 25, 48–49, 78, 155. See also racism

BMI. See body mass index (BMI)

body dysmorphia, 5, 8

Body Image (publication), 145

body justice movement, 155–56. See also body positivity movement; fat justice

body mass index (BMI): future use of, 154, 165; history of, 46–47; modern use of, 16, 40, 49–51, 54. See also health, measurements of; medical bias and discrimination; obesity

body neutrality, 6, 165

Body Positive (organization), 4–6

body positivity movement, 4–6, 10–11, 156, 157–60. See also body justice movement; fat justice

body sovereignty, 6, 156, 160. See also body justice movement

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, 27

Bramblette, Sarah, 142

Brown, Wendy, 88

bullying. See concern and concern trolling; fat shaming

Burford, James, 99

Burke, Tarana, 100

Burns, Katelyn, 98

California, 40

calorie counting, 31, 33, 44, 83. See also dieting; eating

Campos, Paul, 25, 53

Camp Shane, 31, 32

cancer, 35, 52, 55, 143–44

Canyon Ranch, 32

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (film), 135–36

cardiac arrest, 62. See also heart disease

Cardi B, 60

Carmona, Richard, 37, 51

Carter, Helen, 142

Cartwright, Samuel, 47

catcalling, 94, 95, 109. See also fatcalling

CDC. See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Celebrity Fit Camp (television show), 31

Center for Eating Disorders, 62

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 16, 25, 48, 54, 83

Charlesworth, Tessa, 23, 24

childcare, 156

children: advocacy for, 164–65; fat camps for, 31–32; fat shaming against, 30–34, 38–39, 55; Kurbo diet app for, 57; Let’s Move! campaign on, 25, 37–38; “obesity epidemic” and, 34–35, 40, 42; swimming culture and, 42–43. See also teenagers

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, 38

choice, 81–82, 86, 88–89, 104. See also anti-fat attitudes; concern and concern trolling; fat shaming

Clarkson, Kelly, 158

classism, 25, 48, 53, 54, 71, 121. See also racism; whiteness and white privilege

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (publication), 59–60

clothing access, 11, 16, 156

Coca-Cola, 35, 37

Cohen, Stanley, 41

concern and concern trolling, 73–81, 88–89. See also anti-fat attitudes; fat

shaming; “tough love”

Connelly, Heidi, 60

cooking and mindfulness, 71

Cooper, Charlotte, 119

coping mechanisms, 41, 43

coronary heart disease. See heart disease

Cosmopolitan (publication), 125

Crawford, Robert, 10

criminal justice discrimination, 26–27. See also discrimination

CT medical equipment, 1, 142–43

dating, 111–18. See also desirability myth; sexuality

dating apps, 113, 124–25

“Dear Fat People” (Arbour), 21, 22

depression, 78–79, 145, 146, 150. See also mental health

deregulation of airline industry, 17–18

desirability myth, 102–3, 112–13, 114–15. See also dating; sexuality

dexfenfluramine, 60

diabetes: ethnicity and, 48, 49; fat justice on, 165–66; Koop on, 35; messaging on fatness and, 39, 51. See also medical bias and discrimination

Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals, 47, 63

diet app, 57, 58

diet culture, 24; author’s experiences with, 33, 43–44, 46; defined, 12; of early early twentieth century, 59; eating disorders and, 31, 40, 57–58; economic statistics on, 63, 66; future of, 154–55, 164; statistics on, 27; success and failures of, 27–28; Weight Watchers, 33, 43–46, 56–58, 164. See also anti-fat attitudes; dieting; eating; “obesity epidemic”; thinness

diet drugs, 46, 50, 59–60, 164

dieting: calorie counting, 31, 33, 44, 83; diet drugs, 46, 50, 59–60; long-term effects of, 82–83; metabolic damage from, 44, 52, 54, 61–63, 125; “miracle foods” for, 61; in reality shows, 121, 125. See also diet culture; eating; thinness

dietitians, 57, 148–49

Dietland (television show), 126

dinitrophenol, 59

disability justice, 155, 157, 163. See also ableism

discrimination: by airline industry, 17–20, 161; in criminal justice system, 26–27; legalization of, 27, 162; in the workplace, 3, 25–26, 27, 162. See also anti-fat attitudes; medical bias and discrimination

Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race (Cartwright), 47

Dodero, Camille, 115

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (film), 129

domestic abuse, 115, 116, 131, 155. See also fat shaming; physical violence against fat people; sexual violence

drapetomania, 47

The Drew Carey Show (television show), 133

The Dr. Oz Show (television show), 31, 64–65

drugs. See diet drugs; prescription drug discrimination

Dumplin’ (television show), 126

ear infections, 139–41

eating: as coping mechanism to fat shaming, 41; diaries and calorie counting, 31, 33–34, 44, 83, 152; feederism, 116; mindfulness and healthy forms of, 12, 148, 151, 152; in secrecy, 34; surveillance and policing of, 71–73, 77. See also diet culture; dieting; fat shaming; food

eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, 50, 62, 63; binge eating, 62, 78, 79, 117, 134; Body Positive organization on, 4–5; diet culture and, 31, 40, 57–58, 62; future medical care for, 155; orthorexia, 63–64; treatment disparities for, 62–63. See also diet culture; dieting; medical bias and discrimination; mental health

economic disparities, 25, 35, 80. See also classism

emergency contraception, 143, 162–63

employment. See workplace discrimination

endocrine disorders, 52, 154

Endocrine Society, 49

energy deregulation, 17

erasure, 14–15, 23, 29, 68–69, 106–7, 127, 152–53, 158. See also anti-fat attitudes; fat shaming; shame; thinness

exceptionalism, 53, 59, 162. See also thinness

exercise: author’s experience with, 34, 42–43, 140, 152; avoidance of, due to anti-fat culture, 149; extreme forms of, 120, 125; fat shaming on, 32, 84, 86, 93; healthy forms of, 148; long-term weight-loss and, 34, 52, 83. See also dieting

extended plus-size clothing, defined, 11

extreme dieting, 44, 46, 52, 62. See also diet culture; dieting

Extreme Makeover (television show), 31, 96, 120, 122

Family Feud (television show), 97

Family Guy (television show), 98, 132

Family Matters (television show), 132

Farm Bill, 35

fat, defined, 8–9

fat acceptance, 6–7, 137–38. See also fat justice

fat activism, 5–6, 66–67. See also fat justice

fatcalling, 93–98, 163. See also fat shaming

“fat camps,” 31–33. See also children

fat fetishism, 116–18, 138

fat jokes, 96. See also fat shaming

fat justice, 160–66; vs. body positivity, 4–6, 157–60; defined, 6–8, 29; failures of thinness as concept, 68–70; terminology of, 6, 8–12. See also body justice movement; body positivity movement

The Fat Lip (podcast), 9

fatmisia. See anti-fat attitudes

“Fat Panic and the New Morality” (Lebesco), 41

fatphobia, defined, 10. See also anti-fat attitudes

fat porn, 114, 115

fat shaming: of airline industry, 18–20; American identity and, 53–54; by Arbour, 22, 23; author’s personal experience of, 28–30; against children, 30–34, 38–39, 55; concern and concern trolling, 73–81, 88–89; erasure and, 14–15, 68–69, 127, 152–53, 158; fatcalling, 93–98, 163–64; future reduction of, 155; in grocery stores, 1, 71–73, 95; Maher on, 53; by medical care providers, 139–50; online harassment, 84–87, 100–101; paradox of, 40, 158; physical effects of, 125; Slate on, 54–55; street harassment, 90–98, 124, 163; by TYT, 22–23. See also anti-fat attitudes; erasure; harassment; mental health; shame

fat suit narratives, 102, 124–25, 128–30, 131. See also media representations of fatness

fattism. See anti-fat attitudes

FDA. See Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Fearing the Black Body (Strings), 48–49

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 18. See also airline industry

Federal Trade Commission, 64, 65

feederism, 116

feminism, 104, 108–10. See also MeToo movement

Fen-Phen (fenflurmine-phentermine), 46, 59–60, 164

Ferguson, Fall, 10

fetishism, 34, 116–18, 138

“figuroids.” See diet drugs

flying experiences of fat people: Arbour on, 21; of author, 13–17; of Hage, 19; of Narvaez, 19–20; of Soltesz, 20; TYT on, 22–23. See also airline industry

food: author’s early experiences with, 30–31, 33–34; federal recommendation and regulation on, 34–36; industry of, 35–37; “miracle diet foods,” 61. See also diet culture; dieting; eating

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 60, 162

food diaries, 33–34, 44, 152

Forbes (publication), 60

forced sterilization, 156

4chan, 93

Fradet, Philippe Leonard, 97

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (television show), 98, 132

Friends (television show), 128

Frito Lay, 35

Gaddam, Sai, 114

Gailey, Jeannine, 103

gallbladder disease, 59, 121

Garner, Eric, 26–27

gender disparities, 25, 26, 97–99. See also men and sexuality; women

genetics: eating disorders and, 62, 64; obesity and, 51, 52, 61, 84, 147

Georgia, 38–39

green coffee extract, 65

Grey Poupon, 45

grocery shopping, 1, 71–73, 95

“Guys Who Like Fat Chicks” (Dodero), 115

Hage, Natalie, 19

Hairspray (film and musical), 126

harassment, 84–87, 90–98, 100–101, 124. See also fat shaming

Harper, Bob, 125

Harrison, Christy, 12, 57, 148

Harry Potter series (Rowling), 129

Harvey, Steve, 97

“headless fatties” trope, 118–19

health, measurements of, 10–11, 37, 165. See also body mass index (BMI); medical bias and discrimination; names of specific health conditions

Health at Every Size (HAES) medical

framework, 148

health bonuses, 50

healthcare providers. See medical bias and discrimination

Health Education Research (publication), 40

healthism, defined, 10–11, 155

heart disease, 35, 49, 52, 62, 83, 154, 165–66. See also medical bias and discrimination

Hershey’s, 37

high blood pressure, 35, 52, 78

Hiles, Rebecca, 143–44

HIV, 81, 82

H. J. Heinz Company, 45

“hogging,” 103, 113–14. See also sexual violence

Hollaback (organization), 93–94

homophobia, 2, 24, 81, 82, 115

The Honeymooners (television show), 132

Hough, Julianne, 56, 58

humiliation, 15, 19–20, 32, 113, 120, 142. See also erasure; fat shaming; harassment

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (film), 136

Hydroxycut, 66, 164

hysteria, 47, 154

I Feel Pretty (film), 131

implicit bias, 5, 23–26. See also anti-fat attitudes; medical bias and discrimination

Indigenous Americans, 155, 156

infinifat, defined, 9–10

Insatiable (television show), 134

insecurity, 66–68

insurance, 49, 50, 62, 155

intellectual disability, 25, 26

International Journal of Health Services, 10

International Journal of Obesity, 26, 79–80, 146

International Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study, 60

intersectionality, 97–99, 109–10, 160

intersex people, 155, 156. See also LGBTQ people

“The Ironic Effects of Weight Stigma” (research study), 41, 145

Isn’t It Romantic? (film), 127, 131–32

Jamil, Jameela, 75

Jenny Craig, 61, 164

Jewish Americans, 48

Johnson, Dwayne, 56, 58

Joslin, Elliott, 48

Journal of American Medical Association, 51, 61

Journal of Applied Psychology, 26, 99

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 147

Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 40

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse

Practitioners, 145

Judge, Monique, 101

Just Friends (film), 128

justice. See fat justice

Just Wright (film), 127

Kahn, Alfred, 17

Kaiser Family Foundation, 50

Kaplan, Lee, 51

Kardashian, Khloe, 122

Kardashian, Kim, 60

Kasparian, Ana, 22–23

Kellogg’s, 37

Keys, Ancel, 49

kinks, 116

Kinzel, Lesley, 38, 93, 94

Kirkland, Anna, 144

KLM, 20

The Klumps (film), 129

Koop, C. Everett, 34–35

Kraft Foods, 37, 45

Kurbo (app), 57

Lady Bird (film), 127

Lady Gaga, 56, 58

Lane Bryant, 11, 16

“larger fat people,” as term, 9–10

The Last Holiday (film), 127

Latinx Americans, 25, 120–21, 155

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (television show), 133–34

laxatives, 59, 60. See also diet drugs

Lebesco, Kathleen, 41

legal discrimination, 26–27, 162

Let’s Move! campaign, 25, 37–38

LGBTQ people, 76–77, 81–82, 98–99, 144–45, 155–56. See also transgender people

l’homme moyen, 47

Lil Duval, 100

lipedema, 142

Lizzo, 74–75

Lombroso, Cesare, 48

London, Stuart, 27

Lopez, Jennifer, 56, 58

Machado, Alicia, 158

Macmillan Dictionary, 10

Madea series (film), 129

Maher, Bill, 53

masculinity, 97–99

McCarthy, Melissa, 120, 135–36

McCaskill, Claire, 65

McCumber, Chris, 125–26

media representations of fatness: anger and villains in, 132–36; childhood obesity campaign, 38–40; in comedy genre, 120, 127–28, 129; fat shaming in reality shows, 54, 112, 120–26; fat suit narratives in, 102, 124–25, 128–30, 131; future representation, 156; “headless fatties” trope in, 118–19; positive fat representation in, 119, 126; on sexuality, 130–32. See also fat shaming; names of specific films and television shows

medical bias and discrimination: author’s experiences of, 139–41, 151–53; diagnostic neglect, 142–44, 147, 150; equipment accessibility, 1, 16, 142–43, 154, 162; future reduction of, 154–56, 162–63; interventions against, 148–50; as learned behavior, 145–46; measurements of health, 10–11, 37, 165; by medical students, 147–48; prescription medication and, 143; research studies on, 146–47; against transgender people, 144–45, 157, 163; weight limits, 141–42. See also body mass index (BMI); discrimination; eating disorders; implicit bias; obesity; “obesity epidemic”

medical equipment accessibility, 1, 16, 142–43, 154, 162

men and sexuality, 97–99, 132

mental health: effects of anti-fat bias on, 51–52, 78; anxiety, 47, 141, 145, 150; depression, 78–79, 145, 146, 150; misdiagnosis due to medical provider bias, 146–47, 150. See also eating disorders; fat shaming; medical bias and discrimination; physical health; self-esteem

metabolic damage from dieting, 44, 52, 54, 61–63, 125

MetLife (formerly Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), 49

MeToo movement, 99–100, 103–4. See also feminism

Michaels, Jillian, 74–76, 125

Michigan, 27

microaggressions against fat people. See anti-fat attitudes; fat shaming; harassment

mid-fat, defined, 9–10

Mike & Molly (television show), 134, 135

mindfulness, 12, 71, 148

misogyny, 2, 24, 94, 99, 109, 110. See also feminism; women

Mo’Nique, 127

moral panics, 41. See also “obesity epidemic”

MRI medical equipment, 1, 16, 142–43, 162

Murphy, Eddie, 102

My 600 Pound Life (television show), 96, 123–24

My Big Fat Fabulous Life (television show), 126

Narvaez, Errol, 19–20

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 62

National Eating Disorders Association, 57, 63–64

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 50, 125, 142

negative coping mechanisms, 41, 43

neurasthenia, 47

New England Journal of Medicine, 60, 61

“The New Miracle Drug?” (Time), 60

Newsweek, 38, 49

New York Magazine, 27

New York Police Department (NYPD), 26–27, 58

New York Times, 52, 99–100, 143

Nidetch, Joan, 45

Noah, Trevor, 96

Norbit (film), 96, 102, 129, 131

nurses, 46, 51, 147, 149, 150, 155. See also medical bias and discrimination

Nutrisystem, 59, 61, 121, 164

The Nutty Professor (film), 96, 129

O, That’s Good! (company), 45

Obama, Michelle, 25, 37–38

obesity: categories of, 50–51, 83–84; CDC statistics on, 16; genetic components to, 51, 52, 61, 84, 147; public opinion polls on, 52–53, 83; term defined, 11–12. See also body mass index (BMI); medical bias and discrimination; “obesity epidemic”

Obesity (publication), 40, 147

Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition Institute (OMNI), 51

Obesity: A Research Journal (publication), 78

“obesity epidemic,” 3, 24, 34–35, 37–42, 50–55, 118–19. See also diet culture; medical bias and discrimination; obesity

The Obesity Myth (Campos), 25, 53

Obesity Research (publication), 146

Obesity: The Post Mortem (television show), 124

Ogas, Ogi, 114

Olestra, 61

online harassment, 84–87, 100–101. See also fatcalling; fat shaming

Orchard, Sam, 99

orthorexia, 63–64

Oscar Mayer, 45

overweight, term defined, 11–12

Oz, Mehmet, 31, 64–65, 164

Pantaleo, Daniel, 26–27

Parks & Recreation (television show), 98, 127

“passenger of size” policies, 18–19

Pepsi, 37

Petroleos Mexicanos, 50

Phat Girlz (film), 127

Phelan, Sean, 148

Phelps, Fred, 24

Philadelphia Cream Cheese, 45

Phillips, Amber, 163

physical health: effects of anti-fat bias on, 52; measurements of, 10–11, 37, 165; metabolic damage from dieting, 44, 52, 54, 61–63, 125; salary bonuses for, 50. See also body mass index (BMI); eating disorders; exercise; mental health; names of specific health conditions

physical violence against fat people: anti-fat attitudes and, 2, 87; ending of, 163–64; fear of, 118; by police, 26–27, 155; statistics on, 40. See also domestic abuse; sexual violence

“pig roast” contests, 103, 113–14. See also sexual violence

Pitch Perfect series (film), 102, 120, 130

Plan B, 143

plastic surgery, 12, 120, 121

plus-size clothing, defined, 11

police brutality, 26–27, 155

pornography, 114, 115

positive coping mechanisms, 41

poverty, 25, 80. See also classism

prenatal care, 156

prescription diet drugs. See diet drugs

prescription drug discrimination, 50, 143, 152, 162–63

Primal Kitchen, 45

pro-choice ideology, 72, 104. See also choice

Prohaska, Ariane, 103

Psychological Science (publication), 23

pulmonary hypertension, 60

Pure Green Coffee, 65

Queen Latifah, 127

queer community. See LGBTQ people; transgender people

Queering Fat Embodiment (Burford and Orchard), 99

Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques, 47, 49

Quetelet’s Index. See body mass index (BMI)

racism, 25, 47, 48–49, 155, 163–64. See also classism; whiteness and white privilege

rape, 102, 104, 107. See also sexual violence

rape fantasies, 101. See also sexual violence

reality TV shows, 54, 112, 120–26

“reduction clubs,” 31

Redux, 46, 59, 60

Regulating Aversion (Brown), 88

relationships. See dating; sexuality

restrictive eating. See dieting; eating disorders

Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian (television show), 122–23

Rich, Stuart, 60

risk taking, 111

Road Trip (film), 130–31, 135

Robertson, Pat, 24

“rodeo” contest, 103

The Root, 101

Ross, Tracee Ellis, 56

Rowling, J. K., 129

Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, 145

salary disparities, 26, 27, 50, 162. See also workplace discrimination

salons for weight loss, 59. See also “fat camps”

San Francisco, California, 27

Scott, Elizabeth, 4

Scritchfield, Rebecca, 148

Seacat, Jason, 94

Seat Egress in Air Travel Act (SEAT Act, proposed), 18

seating, 16, 17, 163

Second Opinion with Dr. Oz (television show), 64

secret eating, 34. See also eating disorders

secret relationships, 114–16, 117. See also dating

“Secret Relationships with Fat Women” (Tovar), 115

Seinfeld (television show), 133

self-esteem: anti-fat stigma and, 40, 68, 79, 145; body positive movement on, 4–6, 158, 159–60. See also mental health

sexuality, 97–99, 101–2, 106–7, 115–18, 130. See also dating; desirability myth

sexual violence, 26, 99–107, 109–10, 117, 155, 164. See also physical violence against fat people; “pig roast” contests

Shallow Hal (film), 96, 102, 131

shame, 2, 30, 34, 55, 80, 90. See also anti-fat attitudes; erasure; fat shaming

Sharpton, Quantasia, 100–101

Shrill (television show), 126

silencing. See erasure

Simple Pickup (app), 124

Simpson, Jessica, 158

The Simpsons (television show), 98, 132

sizeism. See anti-fat attitudes; discrimination; fat shaming

Slate (publication), 54–55

Slenderella, 59

small fat, defined, 9–10

SnackWell’s, 61

Sobczak, Connie, 4

Solovay, Sondra, 102

Soltesz, Vilma, 20

Southwest Airlines, 18

Spirit Airlines, 19

The Spy Who Shagged Me (film), 96

squash fetish, 117

“Status Syndrome” (Journal of the American Medical Association), 80

Stevens, Heidi, 75

stigma, 40–41, 78–79, 145. See also anti-fat attitudes; discrimination; fat shaming; medical bias and discrimination

Stop Telling Women to Smile campaign, 109

straight-size clothing, defined, 11

straight-sized people. See thinness

street harassment, 90–98, 124, 163. See also fat shaming

stress, 51–52. See also mental health

Strings, Sabrina, 48–49

stroke, 35, 62

Strong4Life campaign, 38–39

Sturtevant, Dana, 148

Sun Sentinel (publication), 141–42

superfat, defined, 9–10

The Swan (television show), 112, 120–22, 123

Sweeney, Anna, 148

swimming, 33, 34, 42–43

Tammy (film), 120

teenagers, 45, 57. See also children

theater, 43

“There’s a Dangerous Racial Bias in the Body Mass Index” (Newsweek), 49

The Young Turks (TYT), 22–23

thinness: failures of concept, 68–70, 88–89, 161–62; fat suit narratives and, 124, 128–30; feminism and, 104, 108–10; as messaging of health and virtue, 12, 40, 45, 52, 80, 166; Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour and, 58–59; thinsecurity, 66–68. See also anti-fat attitudes; diet culture; erasure

thinsecurity, 66–68

30 Rock (television show), 127

This is Us (television show), 134

Time (publication), 60

Tipping the Scales of Justice (Solovay), 102

tolerance, 88

Too Fat to Transition (television show), 144–45

Torrid, 9, 11

“tough love,” 29, 33, 75, 77–78, 96, 123, 142. See also concern and concern trolling; fat shaming

Tovar, Virgie, 115–16

transgender people: concern trolling on, 76–77, 81, 82; media representation of, 156; medical discrimination against, 144–45, 157, 163; restrictive narratives and erasure of, 98–99. See also LGBTQ people

transportation discrimination. See airline industry

Trump, Donald, 53, 158

Tsui, Vincci, 148

2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour, 56–57, 58

The Tyra Banks Show (television show), 124

underweight, defined, 50

United Airlines, 19–20

Usher, 100–101

US Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 28

US Public Health Service (PHS), 34–36

“uterine insanity,” 47–48

Uygur, Cenk, 22–23

verbal abuse. See fat shaming; harassment

“very fat people,” as term, 9–10

vibrator, 47

The View (television show), 21

Village Voice (publication), 115

villains, 132–36

Virgin America, 19

Vogue (publication), 93

wage disparities, 26, 27, 50, 162. See also workplace discrimination

#WakeUpWeightWatchers, 57–58

Wall Street Journal, 17

war on obesity. See “obesity epidemic”

Warrior camp, 32

Washington (state), 27

weight cycling. See yo-yo dieting

weight discrimination. See anti-fat attitudes; discrimination; fat shaming

weight loss camps, 31–33, 59

weight loss therapy. See dieting

Weight Watchers (now WW), 33, 43–46, 56–58, 164

Weinstein, Harvey, 99–100

wellness, as term, 10, 12, 63. See also diet culture

“wellness programs,” 57–58, 63. See also diet culture

Wellspring camp, 32

whiteness and white privilege, 48, 126–27. See also racism

Whole Foods, 50

Wilson, Rebel, 102, 120, 127, 130

Winfrey, Oprah, 56–57, 64

Woman’s World (publication), 28

women: catcalling at, 94, 95; fatcalling at, 93–98; feminist movements on, 45, 99–100, 103–4, 108–10; gender disparities in fatness, 25, 26; sexual violence against, 26, 99–107, 109–10, 117, 155, 164. See also anti-fat attitudes; fat shaming; misogyny

Women’s Health (publication), 31–32

workplace discrimination, 3, 25–27, 40, 50, 155, 162

Wulkan, Mark, 38

WW. See Weight Watchers (now WW)

Wyeth, 60

xenophobia, 48

yo-yo dieting, 44, 46, 62. See also diet culture; dieting

Zeta Beta Tau (Cornell University), 103