In a society obsessed with body image and thinness, adolescents are often bombarded with messages that equate fatness with unhealthiness and unworthiness. The pervasive belief that intentional weight loss is necessary for health perpetuates harmful stereotypes and stigmatization against those living in larger bodies, even amongst children and teens.
In today’s world, where societal pressures and media influences abound, instilling a sense of body positivity in children has never been more crucial.
Center for Body Trust Takes a Stand: Today, we delve into a critical issue that has recently come to the forefront of the news in early January of 2023 – the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) and their controversial guidelines on weight loss for children. We’ll do a quick review of the AAP guidelines but many great fat activities and body liberation folks have responded to the original AAP guidelines, you can check those out at the end of the blog. What we’re diving into today is the response from The Center for Body Trust and their stance against these guidelines.