“So what if you’re fat? You still deserve good healthcare!”

Free Webinar unpacking weight stigma in health care settings. Identify strategies for finding and choosing weight-inclusive healthcare providers and explore techniques for self-advocacy and assertiveness in healthcare settings.

Free

About this On-Demand Webinar

Weight Stigma Awareness Week Panel Discussion (2024)

Strap yourself in for “So what if you’re fat? You still deserve good healthcare!”, an unapologetic panel discussion hosted by Eat Love Live in honour of Weight Stigma Awareness Week, 2024.

Eat Love Live understands the multiple harms many of you have experienced at the hands of health professionals, and in response, enlisted a panel of weight-neutral experts to empower you with the skills needed to navigate healthcare settings effectively in the face of anti-fat bias.

Together, Dr Leila Byrne, Sam van Zweden, Dr Stefania Franja, Dr Christie Bennett and Josephine Money (APD) will help you:

  • Understand what anti-fat bias is
  • Understand how anti-fat bias can manifest in healthcare settings
  • Learn about the negative effects of anti-fat bias on an individual’s health outcomes
  • Get acquainted with evidence-based practices that support weight-inclusive care
  • Identify strategies for finding and choosing weight-inclusive healthcare providers
  • Explore techniques for self-advocacy and assertiveness in healthcare settings
  • Discover resources, support groups and organisations that can offer support

Including free Downloadable resources!

This one will benefit Health Practitioners and Consumers! 

For Educational Purposes Only: This webinar series is designed solely for educational purposes  It does not constitute medical advice, clinical diagnosis, formal treatment guidelines, or individual patient recommendations.

What you will learn

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Understand what weight stigma is.
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Understand how weight stigma shows up in health care.
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Learn about the negative effects of anti-fat bias on an individual’s health outcomes
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Identify strategies for finding and choosing weight-inclusive healthcare providers
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Explore techniques for self-advocacy and assertiveness in healthcare settings
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Discover resources, support groups and organisations that can offer support
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Feel empowered to advocate for your self.
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If you are a health practitioner this is a great place to start learning and reflecting to challenge your internal bias and support all clients in all body without harm.

What's Included

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1 hour Webinar Recording
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Free Downloadable resources for consumers navigating health care in higher weight bodies.

Meet Eat Love Live Education

Eat Love Live Education Team: Christie Bennett and Jo Money

Eat Love Live Education was founded by Jo Money and Dr Christie Bennett.

Dr Christie Bennett AdvAPD · CEDC · Researcher & Educator
Christie is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, PhD-qualified researcher and Lecturer at Monash University, with deep expertise in eating disorders, disordered eating and women’s health. Her practice draws on CBT, ACT and feminist theory through a trauma-informed, size-inclusive lens — and lived experience sits at the centre of everything she does clinically and in research.

Josephine Money APD · CEDC · Director, Eat Love Live
Jo is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician and founder of both Eat Love Live and ELL Education. With over 20 years in the eating disorders field across private, community and public health settings, she brings a deeply client-centred, socially just and weight-inclusive approach to both practice and practitioner education. 

This On-Demand Webinar is perfect if you

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Consumers and Health practitioners

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“So what if you’re fat? You still deserve good healthcare!”

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