All the following information was collected by Ivy Felicia, sourced from her presentation on Fatphobia in Action in 2017.

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Teachers report that they have lower expectations for fat students in comparison to thinner students (Greenleadf et al., 2008).

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People in larger bodies are consistently granted fewer promotions and raises than their thinner counterparts (Baum & Ford, 2004).

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90% of emergency rooms are lacking basic equipment like scanners that can accommodate people in larger bodies (Ginde et al., 2008).

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A study from 2003 found that more than 50% of doctors report feeling “frustrated” by patients in larger bodies (Foster et al, 2003).

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The majority of doctor visits for patients in larger bodies are recorded as lasting a shorter length of time than visits from folks in thinner bodies for the same ailment (Puhl & Heuer, 2012).

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A whopping 81% of dietetic students report having prejudices against people in larger bodies (Puhl & Heuer, 2012).

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Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents (Smolak, 2011).

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British Journal of Developmental Psychology found that: 50% of 3-6 year-old girls say they worry about being fat. By the age of seven, 70% of girls want to be thinner. By nine, 50% have been on a diet. For girls aged between 11 and 17, it’s their number one wish in life.

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High weight people with eating disorders are exponentially more likely to be encouraged to engage in eating disorder behaviors (restriction, over-exercise, etc) in order to lose weight than to be screened for an eating disorder by their doctors.

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In the past decade, weight discrimination has increased by 66 percent, and is one of the only forms of discrimination actively condoned by society (Puhl, R. M., & Heuer, C. A., 2010 and Stoll, L. C, 2019).