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When Your Fear of Being Fat Is About How Others Will Treat You: The Desire for Thinness As Social Safety
Fear of weight gain is not always about appearance. For many people, the desire for thinness reflects a fear of rejection, medical weight stigma, dating discrimination, family criticism, workplace bias, or losing social acceptance.
In this solo episode, Dr. Marianne examines how anti-fat bias can make thinness feel like protection. Fear of fatness is real, and people in larger bodies often receive worse treatment in healthcare, relationships, employment, clothing spaces, and everyday life. Recognizing that reality does not mean accepting an eating disorder’s claim that changing your body is…
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