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Diet Culture & Fat-Phobia Citations:

• National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)​, https://naafa.org/ (HR Training Guide, Size Diversity in Employment, Self-Esteem for Children guide)

• Association for Size, Diversity and Health & Health at Every Size®(ASDHA)​, https://asdah.org/

• National Child & Maternal Health Education, National Institures of Health: Pregnancy for Everybody: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/initiatives/pregnancy-for-every-body/moms-to-be

• Weir CB, Jan A. BMI Classification Percentile And Cut Off Points. [Updated 2023 Jun 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541070/

• Brown A, Flint SW, Batterham RL. Pervasiveness, impact and implications of weight stigma. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Apr 21;47:101408. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101408. PMID: 35497065; PMCID: PMC9046114.

• UCONN Rudd CenterL Center for Food Policy &Health, https://uconnruddcenter.org/

• Phelan, S.M., Dovidio, J.F., Puhl, R.M., Burgess, D.J., Nelson, D.B., Yeazel, M.W., Hardeman, R., Perry, S. and van Ryn, M. (2014), Implicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES study. Obesity, 22: 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20687

• Plus Size Birth: Jennifer McClellan​, https://plussizebirth.com

• Body Image Health: https://www.bodyimagehealth.org/

• Strings, S.,Johnson A., et al., 2020, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, Tantor.

• Harrison, Da’Shaun L, 2021, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, North Atlantic Books.

• Han E, Norton EC, Powell LM. Direct and indirect effects of body weight on adult wages. Econ Hum Biol. 2011 Dec;9(4):381-92. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.07.002. Epub 2011 Jul 19. PMID: 21820369.

• Brandão I, Martins MJ, Monteiro R. Metabolically Healthy Obesity—Heterogeneity in Definitions and Unconventional Factors. Metabolites.2020;10(2):48. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10020048

• Weight Gain During Pregnancy: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2013/01/weight-gain-during-pregnancy

• Centers for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy-weight-gain.html

• Ash Nischuk and the term Infinifat: https://naafa.org/community-voices/ash-nischuk

• Hunter Ashleigh Shackleford, https://ashleighshackelford.com/

• World Population Review: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/obesity-rates-by-country

• Robinson, B. E., Bacon, J. G., & O'Reilly, J. (1993). Fat phobia: measuring, understanding, and changing anti-fat attitudes. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 14(4), 467-480.

• More People Should be Fat by Lew Louderback, https://powerfulhunger.com/powerful_hunger_blog/history-of-fat-acceptance-lew-louderback-1967-article/

• Natalie Jovanovski, Tess Jaeger, Demystifying ‘diet culture’: Exploring the meaning of diet culture in online ‘anti-diet’ feminist, fat activist, and health professional communities, Women's Studies International Forum,Vol 90,2022,102558, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102558.

• Erhardt GA. Intuitive eating as a counter-cultural process towards self-actualisation: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of learning to eat intuitively. Health Psychol Open. 2021 Mar 10;8(1):20551029211000957. doi: 10.1177/20551029211000957. PMID: 33786195; PMCID: PMC7961715.

• Schvey, N., Puhl, R., Levandoski, K. et al. The influence of a defendant’s body weight on perceptions of guilt. Int J Obes 37, 1275–1281 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2012.211

• The Size of It: Fat Bias in the News (https://naafa.org/s/The-Size-of-It-Fat-Bias-in-the-News-2022-Study-by-NAAFA-Pamela-Mejia.pdf)

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, (https://www.nccih.nih.gov/research/research-results/americans-spend-30-billion-a-year-outofpocket-on-complementary-health-approaches)

• Global Wellness Industry: https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/press-room/press-releases/united-states-wellness-economy-now-valued-at-1-8-trillion-the-largest-wellness-market-in-the-world/

• Council of Size & Weight Discrimination : https://cswd.org/

• Harrison. C., 2019, Anti Diet, Reclaim Your Time, Mone, Wellbeing, and Happiness through Intuitive Eating., Little Spark.

• Weight Discrimination Remains Legal, (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-03-15/weight-discrimination-remains-legal-in-most-of-the-u-s).

• Daryanani, A. (2021). What is “Diet Culture?” UC San Diego Recreation. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

• University of California. (2019). Where does fat phobia come from? Retrieved February 14, 2023.

• Noll JG, Zeller MH, Trickett PK, Putnam FW. Obesity risk for female victims of childhood sexual abuse: a prospective study. Pediatrics. 2007 Jul;120(1):e61-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-3058. PMID: 17606550.

• National Public Radio. (2020). Fat Phobia and Its Racist Past and Present. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

• National Eating Disorders Association. (n.d.). Weight Stigma. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

• Puhl, R. M., & Heuer, C. A. (2010). Obesity stigma: important considerations for public health. American Journal of Public Health, 100(6), 1019–1028.

• Hazzard, V. M., Loth, K. A., Hooper, L., & Becker, C. B. (2020). Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders: a Review of Emerging Evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(12), 74.

• Native Land information: https://native-land.ca/

• Fulton M, Dadana S, Srinivasan VN. Obesity, Stigma, and Discrimination. [Updated 2023 Oct 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554571/

• Schwartz MB, Chambliss HO, Brownell KD, Blair SN, Billington C. Weight bias among health professionals specializing in obesity. Obes Res. 2003 Sep;11(9):1033-9

• Stout Women Can be Stylish, 1917, (https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/stout-fashion/).

• American Medical Association, https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-use-bmi-alone-imperfect-clinical-measure

• Gordon, A., 2023, “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 other myths about fat people., Beacon Press.

• Gordon, A., 2020, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat., Beacon Press.

• Pray R, Riskin S. The History and Faults of the Body Mass Index and Where to Look Next: A Literature Review. Cureus. 2023 Nov 3;15(11)
  

Trauma Informed Care Trainings. Bonnie Knows Breast does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of any of the trainings listed:

• IU Bloomington Center for Rural Engagement​: https://rural.indiana.edu/impact/health/trauma-informed-care-certificate.html​

• Trauma Toolbox​: https://ronhuxley.thinkific.com/courses/traumatoolbox​

• Trauma Informed Oregon's Introduction to Trauma Informed Care​: https://traumainformedoregon.org/resources/training/tic-intro-training-modules/​

• Michigan State University​: https://socialwork.msu.edu/continuing-ed/trauma-certificate-program.html​

• Trauma Institute International​: https://traumainstituteinternational.com/​

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing​: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/service/trauma-informed-resilience-oriented-care/​

Bonnie was recently featured on the mind body mother podcast discussing breastfeeding, the importance of flange fit, and how it all relates to mental health.

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• IBCLC speaker (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant)

• Speaker for breastfeeding support groups

• Speaker for new mom workshops

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• Speaker for LGBTQ+ parents event

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• Keynote speaker on breastfeeding

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